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THE COTTON WORM 

(ANOMIS XYLIN/E), 
ITS HISTOEY, APPEARANCE, PREVENTIVES 
AND DESTROYERS. 



When fires devastate or floods destroy, their ravages are usually confined 
to comparatively limited damages, which insurances or other protective 
agencies cover ; or, if the visitations are more extensive and severe, the 
the whole people sympathize with the sufferers, and give substantial and 
willing aid in making up tlieir losses. Whe a a large conflagration or de- 
structive storm sweeps away a portion of a city or through a rural district, 
the disaster is regarded as a common calamity, and immediately meetings 
are held, money liberally subscribed, and every measure taken to relieve 
and reimburse the victims of the catastrophe; but when the more destruc- 
tive army worm makes its ruinous raids on the cotton fields, crippling 
the energies and destroying the hopes and means of subsistence of the tens 
of thousands, there is little commiseration for the planter, or for the mer- 
chant, tradesman, manufacturer and hosts of others involved in his mis* 
fortune. 

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The idea of preparing an abstract on tlie cotton caterpillar was first 
suggested to me by Mr. John J. Ferguson, of Alexandria, La., and was sub- 
sequently warmly urged by many others to whom I mentioned the subject. 

In my researches for information, I have been kindly and ably assisted 
by the Hon. Wm. G. LeDuc, Commissioner of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C, who furnished me with several copies of the Report of the Com- 
missioner of Agriculture, which contained many articles in relation to the 
cotton pest, compiled by Mr. Townsend Glover and other eminent ento- 
mologists, employed by the general government or by individual States. 
But knowing that there is no knowledge so valuable as that gained by 
experience, and wishing to secure the most extensive and reliable in- 
formation on the cotton worm for the benefit of my readers, I sent, many 
months ago, to a large number of planters engaged in the culture of cotton, 
whose addresses I procured through the cotton factors of our city and 
other competent sources, a circular, stating the object of my enterprise, 
and containing the following 

QUESTIONS : 

How long have you been planting cotton ? 

How long is it since you first noticed the worm on your plantation ? 
Has the atmosphere anything to do with the coming of the worm ? that 
is, are they more apt to appear in warm, or cold, wet, or dry seasons ? 
Are there any signs which may be taken as fore-runners of the worm ? 
What preventative should be used ? 

Do they leave their germs on the plantation from year to year ? 
Have you used arsenic ? With what result ? 
Have you used Paris green ? With what result ? 

What do you consider the best and most effective moans of destroying 
the worms ? 

These requests for information were politely taken under consideration 
by many to whom they were sent, and were, after a time, answered as fully 
and perfectly as possible. As the experiences of the cotton planters in 
regard to the caterpillar, coming direct from the writers, may be deemed 
of more value than any extract that could be written from them, I give 
elsewhere a number of the letters as received, selecting those which I deem 
of most service, as most fully treating the subject under consideration. 

In many cases I have had letters from planters in neighboring vicinities, 
when the sameness of the experiments and experiences made it unnecessary 
to give all the communications ; while in other cases, the difference in the 
result of the same treatment on cotton crops adjoining each other have 
been so marked, that I regarded it as important to reproduce all information 
received. 

HISTORY OF THE COTTON WORM. 
The first appearance of these pests as destroyers of cotton was in 1800, 



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and there is little reason to doubt that they were entirely unknown until 
that time. In 1804 the crops were almost destroyed by them. A snow storm 
and frosts, more severe than usual, occurred daring the fallowing winter, but 
they were again found in 1805, though in smaller numbers. In 1825 they 
were spreading rapidly when they were destroyed by a storm. In 1826 
they destroyed almost the entire crop. Their first appearance in this year 
was on tLie first of August, at St. Helena. Soon after every plantation on 
all the sea coast from New Orleans to North Carolina was infested, and by 
the 23d of the same month they had destroyed almost all the cotton leaves, 
but suddenly left the plant. The cause of their sud l^n disappearance was 
accounted for by the fact that the weather was unusTjally warm, and they 
were too much exposed to the rays of the sun to continue their depredationa. 

In 1838 the caterpillar appeared in August and was particularly destruc* 
tive in Florida, where, in many cofunties, after destroying the entire foliage, 
they barked the limbs and stalks, and ate out bolls nearly grown. In 1839 
they were less numerous and did little harm, but in 1840 they destroyed 
two-thirds of the entire cotton crop. From that time until 1852 it would 
seem that on every third year the cotton worm was more general in their 
appearance and more than ordinarily destructive. The same fact in regard 
to their visits being periodical has been observed and commented on ever 
since, but, as yet, there has been no satisfactory reason given for the occur- 
ance. 

That the cotton worm moth is a migratory pest there can be little doubt, 
and, as it is capable of flying great distances, the remoteness of one cotton 
field from another affords no security to the crop. Mr. E. Eichards of Cedar 
Keys, Florida, wrote some years ago a letter to the Agricultural Department 
in support of this story, which is often denied. 

"■ The last of July, these caterpillars made their appearance in a small 
field of three or four acres of sea island cotton, planted on Way Key, an 
experiment to see if cotton could not be advantageously cultivated on the 
keys, no other cotton having been previously planted within eighty miles of 
them, but the whole crop was destroyed. The caterpillars at the same time 
were destroying the cotton in the interior of the country." 

The habits of the cotton worm seem to have Ijeen very little studied in 
the section where its ravages do almost incalculable damage, but so far as 
its ravages are known, wherever they have appeared in Georgia or South 
Carolina, they almost invariably came from southward, and had committed 
ravages 30 or 40 miles off some weeks before making their appearance in 
the places named ; the second and third broods of moths travelling farther 
and farther north, spreading ruin and devastation until killed by the frost. 
If this theory of northward migration be correct, so are the accounts we 
so frequently hear of their journeys in other directions from one cotton field 
to another, when in any instance they have exhausted the supply of their 
costly food. It is certain however that it was from these reported changes 



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of the base of operations, whether truthful or otherwise, that the cotton 
caterpillar first received the name of "army worm." 

It is said also that these interesting insects have a partiality for " long 
staple" cotton, and that the moth in its flights will pass over a field of " short 
staple," to rest in a more remote one where the long-stapled dainty is grow- 
ing. 

HOW THEY LOOK. 

The annual losses by the notorious cotton worm amounts to many millions 
of dollars, and in years of its extensive prevalence brings ruin to thousands, 
yet, even in the cotton growing sections, not one person out of every one 
hundred, could tell a cotton worm from the grub of the most harmless and 
beautiful butterfly. 

Entomologists classify many insects for which the cotton plant furnishes 
food, but regard only one as the inveterate enemy of the plant. As a great 
confusion still exists about the habits and appearance of the true cotton 
caterpillar, (Anomis xylenas) many confounding it with the grass worm 
which usually makes its appearance about the same time, I give below a 
description of the real caterpillar which 1 copy verbatum from the " Report 
of the Entomologist," for 1867, prepared for the Agricultural Department, 
at Washington, by the distinguished Townsend Grover, than whom I could 
quote no higher or better informed authority on the subject. 

" As false alarms about the appearance of the cotton worm in certain 
districts are frequently inserted in the Southern newspapers, by persons 
interested in the sale of cotton, when the worms seen in the fields are 
merely boll worms, grass worms, or some other comparatively harmless 
caterpiller, I will mention some distinguishing marks by which the cotton 
moth may be recognized in either the egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, or perfect 
state. In the first place, the egg. of the cotton worm is round and very 
much flattened in form, and of a green color, whereas the egg of the boll 
worm moth is round, somewhat bluntish, conical in shape and of a yellow 
color. The egg of the cotton worm is mostly deposited on the leaf or 
branches, while the egg of the boll worm is usually placed in the so-called 
" ruffle " or envelope of tl^e flower. 

The caterpillar of the cotton worm has six pectoral or front feet, two anal 
and eight ventral, the two foremost of the ventral feet being very small, 
apparently useless, and not employed for grasping like the other six ; while 
in the grass worm, the legs are all perfectly formed and used when creeping 
from leaf to leaf. Owing to this imperfection in the formation in the first 
pair of ventral feet, the cotton caterpillar always moves like a span worm 
or looper, that is, by alternately contracting and expanding its body 
holding fast by means of its hind feet to the object on which it rests, while 
the head and fore-feet are extended as far as possible, the stalk or leaf 
being securely grasped by the pectoral feet, the hinder part aud legs are 



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suddeuly brought up to tliem, so that at every stop tlie body assumes tlie 
shape of an arch ; wliereas the grass worm glides along by moving its feet 
alternately and gradually vfithout raising the middle of its body from the 
leaf. The cotton worm has also a habit of doubling itself up suddenly 
when disturbed, and springing to a distance, but the grass worm merely 
rolls itself up somewhat like a snake when coiled. The cotton worm when 
about to change spins a very loose web or cocoon among or in the leaves or 
branches of the cotton plant or weeds infesting the field, at some distance 
from the ground. The grass worm, on the contrary, comes down from the 
plant it has fed on and retires under stones, loose earth, or buries itself in 
the ground fbefore forming its cocoon. The perfect moth of the real cotton 
worm is much more angular and gTaceful in form, with the upper wings of 
a somewhat reddish or claret colored brown, and there is always a darker 
spot having a light center, more or less defined in the middle of these 
wings, while the under wings are of a dark ash color. The grass moth is 
much, more clumsy in form, its upper wings being clouded and barred 
with dark and light grayish brown while the under wings are lighter 
colored. 

Whether the cotton caterpillar feeds upon any other plants or not, I am 
unable to say, never having found it eating anything but cotton, and even 
when seen on weeds in the cotton fields, the worm has merely wandered 
away to find some suitable locality in which to 8-pin its cocoon. Several 
cotton worms, kept for the purpose of experiment constantly refused to eat 
anything but cotton, although supplied daily with fresh leaves of all the 
weeds or plants in the neighborhood, and several actually starved to death 
rather than touch anything but cotton as food." 

These worms appear in successive broods, and accomplish their trans- 
formations in a period of about twenty-eight days. Their growth and 
changes seem to depend in some degree on the condition of the atmosphere, 
moist warm weather favoring their rapid development, cold seasons having 
a contrary eifect. 

PREVENTIVES. 

From the fact that the cotton moth is capable of making long flights, 
and is of migratory abilities and tendencies, some persons contend and have 
contended for years that the only way to master the pest " is to destroy 
the moths before they have a chance to couple and reproduce, while others 
as positively assert that, " any attack made on the insect, while in the 
form of a moth is entirely useless," but if the parent can be destroyed, and 
there is no good reason to doubt that it can, it seems poor policy for the 
planter to wait for the children and grand-children, particularly when each 
generation is many millions in excess of its predecessor in point of numbers. 

Among the many remedies recommended for the cotton moth, and the 
only artificial one which has been used at all advantageously, is the light- 
ing of fires and lamps in the fields, whigli attract and destroy the miller, 



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Bat ill order to use tliis means successfully it is necessary to ascertain pre- 
cisely the time the first moths make their appearance, and set to work on 
their extermination at once. The moths must not have time to deposit 
their eggs, else their destruction is a matter of no value, as in from six to 
eight days, if the weather is moist and warm, their destructive progeny 
will he at work, and in a few days more tens of thousands of other moths, 
each bearing the embryo of destruction, will be ready to take the place 
of the first installment. If the moth is to be attacked, have your lamps 
and fires trimmed and ready to light the moment the first triangle shaped 
little mother of mischief makes her appearance, or, better still, light up 
and lie in wait for her. 

Mr. J. G. G. Garrett, of Port Gibson, Mississippi, has patented an Insect 
Destroyer whose efficacy is vouched for by numbers of cotton planters, and 
farmers who have used it. 

As my object is to place before cotton planters the best means, and every 
means, which are recommended after actual trial made with them, for the 
extermination of the cotton worm in any form, I deem it my duty to make 
the following extracts from a circular published by Mr. Garrett, March 11, 
1878, particularly as the means of trying the experiment are within the 
reach of every cotton planter and farmer. 

" Prepare a suitable number of stakes, sharpened at one end, so as to sit 
in the ground on the other nail, or otherwise secure a plank about eighteen 
inches long ; upon the plank place a sheet-iron pan, or tray made of plank 
twelve or fifteen inches wide, eighteen inches long, and two inches deep ; 
secure a block in the center of the pan two inches thick ; secure a lantern on 
the block by tying down to nails at each end of the plank, or, what is cheap- 
er, a socket in the center of the block, to hold the half of a star candle, with a 
lamp chimney to protect the candle or lamp ; place four pegs around the 
chimney to hold it in place. About equal portions of molasses and water, 
with a little vinegar, or other attractive bait, is poured into the pan. The 
molasses and vinegar must be protected from the suu and rain with a lid or 
cover which will turn off rain-water, with openings so that the insects can 
get into the molasses and vinegar while the cover is on. The cover only to 
be removed when lighting up the field, orchard or garden. The cover may 
be made by putting two planks together, like a roof of a house, but not so 
steep, with the ends open, so that the insects can get into the molasses and 
vinegar while the cover is on. The insects are not only attracted by the 
light, and destroyed, but are also attracted by the molasses and vinegar, 
and caught in great numbers without a light, and while the cover is on. 
The molasses and vinegar must be kept to a proper consistency by adding 
a little water and stiring it when necessary. Strain out the insects, and 
return the molasses and vinegar when necessary. 

To protect the cotton plant from the ravages of the catterpillar, boll 
worm, and other injects, use oiie inject clestroyer for ^-bqut every two o^cres. 



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Commeuco using tliem about tho first of Juue; light up the field once or 
twice each week in June, and two or three times each week in July and 
August. By doing so you destroy the first broods of flies, and prevent 
them from increasing." 

While on the subject of preventives, of which over a dozen alleged ones 
have been spoken of in the correspondence I have received, this, of using fires 
attract and destroy the moth before it has had time to deposit its eggs, has 
been frequently ^recommended, as in the letter of Mr. J. V. Tevier, of 
Ashwod, La., which I give in another place, the second letter, and which, 
owing to his long experience is deserving of particular attention. 

JUTE AS A PREVENTIVE. 

In speaking of jute, corcliorus capsularm, as a preventive of the cotton 
worm when sown around the cotton field or in spaces between the rows, 
I think it advisable, in the first ijlace, to state that jute is a profitable crop, 
and finds as ready and as advantageous a market as the fleecy staple itself. 

The plant is a native of Hiadoostan, and has been used for ages in textile 
fabrics throughout Asia and the islands of the Indian Ocean, where the 
natives, although without the help of ingenious machinery for its man- 
ipulation, make many really beautifal cloths, in looms of the most prima- 
tive description, from its hand prepared fibers. 

This filamentous plant was very little known, even in Europe, until the 
war of secession caused an interruption in the agricultural pursuits of the 
South and produced, in consequence, a scarcity of cotton, when the British 
trade, which long understood the value of the plant, took advantage of the 
favorable opportunity to introduce and disseminate jute as a substitute for 
cotton. Companies were formed for the promotion of its culture, etc., and 
linndreds of pounds sterling expended on trials of its adaptability to pro- 
duce cloths which had been previously wrought only from cotton or flax ; 
and, although experiments and the experiences of nearly fourteen years 
have proved conclusively that jute can never take the place of cotton, they 
have also proved that jute is preferable to cotton in the construction of 
many articles of the greatest commercial importance, and that a mixture 
of jute with wool, hemp, flax, or cotton, enables the manufacturer to give 
to the markets of the world, many cloths equal in all respects to those 
heretofore made from one of these staples without mixture, at a cost com- 
paratively trifling. 

In Dundee, Scotland, there are over one hundred mills, employing thou- 
sands of hands, where jute is wrought into numerous and various goods ; in- 
deed that city is the center of jute specialties, and in every other portion of 
Europe, particularly France, the staple is used largely, while the American 
trade pays annually several millions for raw and manufactured jute im- 
ported from various points in British India. 

I make these statements merely to impress on the cotton planters of the 
South, the fact that while other preventives, or destroyers of the cotton 



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caterpillar cost considerably iu time and money to apply them, and in the 
end merely saves, wholly or in some degree, the cotton field, to plant jute 
in or around the field costs but a trifle more per acre, and returns not only 
protection to the cotton, but also a crop as profitable as the one it x)rotects. 
The experiment is certainly worth a trial. 

In support of this theory, which many contend is infalable, I will quote 
detached portions from an article prepared by Emile Lefranc, a member of 
the " Southern Rami Planting Association," quoted by the Agricultural 
Department, at Washington. Speaking of jute, he says : 

" To obtain good fibre-crops the land must be elevated, rich, and well 
drained, as in India ; to raise seed, lowlands may be used provided that 
favorable weather allows sowing, and enables the growing plants to keep 
above the points of overflow. However, when the growth is fully started, 
water is not to be feared, so long as the tips remain above the surface of 
submersion. 

In the first place, jute is sown broadcast ; in the second in drills five feet 
apart. That interval is to facilitate the branching, and at the same time 
the destruction by ploughing of the tall weeds which generally occupy 
low lands. In both methods the soil must be well prepared as for ramie ; 
ploughed as deep as possible in January or February, then left exposed to 
atmospherical influences, until the planting period. That period commences 
with April and terminates with June, in monthly succession. To prepare 
for sowing, a second plowing is required and as fine a harrowing as can be 
effected. The " circular pulverizer," applied before the harrow shortens 
the labor. Then the sowing for fibre crop is performed broad-cast with 
the Calhoun sower. With that instrument costing eight or ten dollars, a 
man can sow ten acres of jute per day. The quantity of seed required for 
each acre is from 12 to 15 pounds. 

Louisiana seems to be particularly congenial to the plant. 

Texas and Florida have also made successful experiments. 

In the field planted broadcast no parasite can resist the vigorous and 
absorbing influence of the jute, even the hardy and noxious gramineal 
plant called "coco " in Louisiana is destroyed after two years of broadcast 
cultivation. 

Another peculiar advantage of jute planting, is the antagonistic influence 
it exerts over insects, especially over the lepidoptera tribe which generates 
the caterpillar. It having been stated in some reports of the Department 
of Agriculture that cotton fields surrounded by jute plantations were res- 
pected by the devouring worms, the director of the Rami Planting- 
Association made special experiments to test the reported facts. Three 
different fields planted with cotton were belted with jute. None of them 
were visited by the caterpillar while the cotton of adjacent plantations 
was destroyed by the insect. It was observed that flies and butterflies kept 
away from jute fields especially at the blossoming period. The peculiar 



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odor of the llower, aud the bitter exudation of the leaves seem to be strongly 
repulsive to tbem if not poisonous. So important a fact deserves to be 
demonstrated on a larger scale. It would cost but little to plant belts of 
jute around tbe regular cotton plantations whicli bave beretofore been 
invaded by these injurious insects." 

Dr. Landry, of New Orleans, after observing the iniiuence of jute growth 
on insects writes : " I have seen on the 1st of October, a cotton field in full 
foliage, flowers and bolls, without a single insect bite. That cotton was 
surrounded by a jute growth. All the other cotton fields, far and around 
were more or less devastated by worms. 

K this fact does not conclusively prove the protective influence of jute 
over cotton it at least contains a great presumption in favor of the affirma- 
tive, as the emanations of the jnte are injurious to insects." 

I might quote many other high authorities, but hope what has been said 
will be sufficient to induce our planters to give jute a fair trial as a 
preventive for the cotton catterpillar. 

DESTROYEES OF THE COTTON WORM. 

If the cotton moth pays a visit to the cotton field it is but for the de- 
struction of the plant, and in a few days the results of the unwelcome call 
will be exhibited in the shape of myriads of crawling, voracious worms, 
before whose inroads green leaves and buds disappear, the hopes of the 
planter fall prostrate, the laborer in utter helplessness folds his hands, 
tradesmen stand idle, the manufacturer looks despondingly on his unused 
spindles, and commerce in general feels depressed and listless. If the cotton 
worm works, thousands stand idle; if it eats, tens of thousand want bread . 
there is no computing its power to inflict misery ; there can be no correct 
estimate made of the evils its devastations work ; nor can even the most 
pains-taking statistician make more than an approximate valuation of the 
millions of dollars worth consumed annually by this insatiate pest. Want 
follows in its path ; hunger, despondency and gloom are its followers. 

The Agricultural Department at Washington, impressed with the mag- 
nitude and importance of the success or failure of the cotton crop to the 
country at large, after investigating the matter as thoroughly as their ex- 
tensive opportunities permitted, came to the conclusion that the only 
reliable information respecting the uses of poisons as cotton worm destroyers 
must be given, " by the planters themselves, and their own experience can 
best render practicable and efficient the means employed," addressed a 
circular " on a subject, the importence of which will be generally acknowl- 
edged, early in the fall, 1873, to the regular corps of department correspond- 
ents in the cotton-growing States," containing these concluding remarks 
and questions: 

" Numerous coriespondents have of late been experimenting with a 
mixture of Paris green and flour or plaster, dusted on the plants when wet 



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■with dew — a remedy "wliicli lias proved very efiQcient against the Colorada 
potato beetle and other insects. Some report the remedy effectual against 
the cotton caterpillar, while others declare it is of no value whatever; 
others still hesitate to try it for fear of poisoning. It is ot the uttermost 
importance that the facts in the experience of planters the present season 
should be carefully reported, showing the quality and proportions of ma- 
terial used, the methods and frequency of its application, and the observed 
results, that a thorough test may be made of its value or worthlessness. 
The answers of the following questions is therefore requested : 

1. What is the result of your experience, or observations as to the 
efficacy of Paris green or other arsenical compounds, mixed with flour or 
plaster, for the destruction of the cotton caterpillar ? 

2. In what proportions, and in what mode, time, and frequency of ap- 
plication have your experiments beeu made ? 

3. Have any injurious effects of the poison been observed, either upon 
the plant or the soil, or in human poisoning in its application, or in the 
destruction of beneficial insects, as bees, etc.? 

4. Have you used any other remedies or means of extirpation, such as 
fires or torches in the fields, to destroy the perfect moths on their first ap- 
pearance, and with what success ?" 

Returns were received from one hundred and seventy counties in the 
cotton growing States, Alabama and Texas sending the most numerous and 
complete answers. Of seventy returns reporting actaal experiment, at least 
four-fifths declared either partial or full success of applications of Paris- 
green or other arsenical compounds. 

From the mass of evidence in relation to the compound known as Paris- 
green, for and against, the Department drew these 

Conclusions: "The use of Paris-green, when pure and unadultrated, 
mixed with flour in the proportion of one part of Paris green to 25 to 30 
parts of flour, is of utility, and in many cases has saved the crops ,* that in 
many instances when the Paris green has failed it has been attributed to 
improper use or using a spurious article." 

These opinions do not differ in any essential point from those expressed 
by many who have written to me on the same subject ; and there is every 
reason why planters should give Paris green, the pure and genuine article, 
a trial with every assurance of very beneficial results, if properly and 
thoroughly applied and in the right season. 

Some planters who have favored me with replies, say that they have 
almost cleared their cotton fields of the worms, by ploughing between the 
rows with pine brush fastened to the swingle tree which brushes the cater- 
pillar off the plants on to the ground, where they are either turned under the 
earth, or scorched to death before they are able to again ascend the plant 
Others recommend the use of kerosine oil, cresylic soap, salt water, and 
many other applications the use of which for many reasons would seem 
impracticable. 



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Virginia Point, Texas, March 20tJi, 1878. 

To J. CuKTis Waldo, 46 Ca:mp Street, Xew Orleans : Your circular 
letter of 1st of December last, has just been placed in my hands, and but 
little time is left me to reply to your several questions. I have planted 
cotton (both long and short staple) over thirty-five years in this state. 
For the first ten years of this time the worms made their appearance about 
every third year sooner or later in the season, doing more or less damage 
to the cotton crops. In 1846 not more than one tenth of an ordinary crop 
was made in South Eastern Texas. All plantations in that year fared alike 
in this portion of our State. 

The worms are generally worse in wet seasons. The cotton moth will 
locate about the center of the field in the heaviest cotton and will spread 
from that point to the borders, though the last year (the worst in any ex- 
perinece since 1846), they enfiladed the crops in the season of a severe 
drouth, four broods of worms followed in cLuick succession and those who 
used no poison in this section gathered but little cotton. An unfailing sign 
of their first appearance is the sight of the moth (distinctly marked and 
differing from all other millers), among the cotton plants or in the grass or 
weeds adjacent. There is no known or well established method of destroy- 
ing the moth, while on the wing, unless it is by fire, lights properly ad- 
justed to attract them in the night time and drown them in coal oil, tar or 
molasses and vinegar. In this connection I may here refer to the pros- 
pectus or circular of Mr. E. H. Fortand of Flatonia in this State, who 
claims to have invented a complete insect annihilator of the winged tribe, 
by means of movable torches, accompanied with traps filled with oil into 
which the unwary insect falls. He has a jjatent issued to him in October 
last, but yet lacking a full and fair test. 

When the worm webs up on the cotton plant it falls upon the ground 
and by means of a plixus, augur or gimlet shaped, it bores its hiding place 
in the earth and in a comatose state, awaits the season of molting, when it 
bursts its shell, spreads its wings and goes forth on its destructive mission, 

I have used every formula of compound, designed for its destruction and 
especially arsenic with many combinations and have never failed to kill 
the cotton plant as well as the worm. There are some, who claim to have 
used the powder or arsenic of commerce with good results. 

Paris green will kill the worm and save the plant — but it is very expen- 
sive and often much adulterated. It was my misfortune in 1873 to lose 150 
acres of sea island cotton at this place, by purchasing of a druggist of Gal- 
veston a spurious article of Paris green. I brought suit for damages, but 
a wise judge drove me from the portals of justice with the cruel sentence 
of caveat emptor. 

To your last inquiry I have no hesitation in affirming after full and re- 
peated experiments, with the " Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer," that it is 
the cheapest and most effective agent for the destruction of the cotton 



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Avorm, when applied according to printed instructions, pasted upon each 
package. 

The success of this preparation is due to Messrs. Preston and Robira, 
druggists of the city of Galveston, to whom all honor and credit should be 
accorded for their efforts in this direction. 

All that remains to be accomplished to cheapen and to bring their prepa- 
ration into general requisition is the discovery of a more suitable mechan- 
ical contrivance to lessen the expense of its application. The hand pumps, 
sold with their worm poison, can be successfully used, but require too 
large an expenditure for labor. Surely through the inventive genius of 
some of our master mechanics or some skillful planter, such a contrivance 
will not be long wanting, if not already in the artificer's hands. 

Respectfully, 

WILLIAM I. JONES. 

I here insert Mr. J. V. Tevier's letter, a cotton planter of thirty seven 
years standing. 

ASHWOOD, La., Fed. 20, 1878. 

J. Curtis Waldo, Esq. 

Dear Sir,— Your two favors to hand : they were delayed on the route. 
I will cheerfully comply with your request, and give you such information 
as I can in regard to the worms, etc., and subject to such corrections in the 
style of writing as you may think proper. 

I have been planting cotton ihirty-seven year?. My first recollection of 
the appearance of the worms was in 1844, when they appeared in this 
parish, Tensas, and done a great deal of damage to the cotton crop. They 
also appeared here in 1846 and were very destructive. They are more apt 
to appear in warm wet seasons, and are not so destructive in dry hot 
weather. The first indication of their coming is the flies, which are to be 
seen in the cotton fields. 

I have always been under the impression that the best preventive was to 
clear up the land well, and to cut and burn the stalks, for I am satisfied 
that their germs are left in the stalks of the cotton, and by placing lights 
in cotton fields of nights, about fifty or sixty yards apart, beginning about 
the middle of August, and continuing to the first of October, would in my 
opinion exterminate the flies. The flies congregate about a light of nights, 
and their destruction makes the coming worm an impossibility. 

I have never used arsenic or Paris green to destroy the worms, cannot 
therefore state as regard their efficacy. 

Yours, very respectfully, 

J. V. TEVIER. 

MiLTENBURG PLANTATION, BAYOU RaPIDES, DeC. 20th, 1877. 

Mr. J. Curtis Waldo, Neiv Orleans: 

Pear Sir, — Your communication of the first instant came duly to hand 



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iiud 1 regret that press ^of business lias preveuted me from giving you au 
earlier reply ; yet hope this may reach you in time to suit your ijurpose if 
you should lind anything worth using in it. 

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. 

1st. I have been planting on my own account since 1866, was raised on 
a cotton plantation and have closely observed its culture, growth, etc., since 
early youth. 

2nd. The earliest time that I remember to have seen the worm destroy 
the cotton crops was between 1846 and 1848, but I know they had frequently 
done so before. 

3d. The conditions of the atmosphere has nothing to do with the pro- 
duction of the worms directly, still the weather has indirectly a very decided 
influence upon their progress in this way ; when the leaves of the cotton 
plant become tough and sapless, in which condition the worms make but 
slow progress in eating them; whereas in wet seasons the plant is juicy, 
succulent and tender, and fields are swept away in a few hours. This then 
in my opinion is the only bearing the weather has upon the questions, 
that it increases or lessens the edibility of the plant. As to actual produc- 
tion or generation of the worms I don't believe the atmosphere has any- 
thing to do with it, except in so far as a very cold and protracted winter 
may destroy the chrysalis deposited in the ground. 

4th. There are no signs which may be taken as forerunners of the worms, 
except the appearance of the first crop of worms, which are very different 
(in appearance) from those that eat up the crop. 

5th. The best preventive, in my opinion, would be deep winter ploughing. 

This is only hypothetical or rather theoretical. 

Your sixth question is answered in this my fifth answer, that is, the 
chrysalis is deposited in the ground. 

7th. I have used arsenic with perfect success. There are many different 
modes of application. Some dust it upon the cotton plants through seives, 
having first mixed it with some cheap article, such as fine earth or clay^ 
with the addition of some glutinous substance," such as flour, shorts, ship- 
stuff, etc., etc. But to all these modes of application there are many 
serious objections, which I suppose it is unnecessary to state here. 

I, with many others, apply the arsenic suspended (as it is insoluble) 
in water and believe this to be the 8peediest,^cheapest and most efficacious 
method of using it. 

8th. Have used Paris green in the same manner as the arsenic with as 
good results, but prefer the latter on account of its cheapness. 

9th. I consider the application of Paris green, or arsenic, the most effi- 
cacious means of destroying the worm. 

I have now answered all your questions as clearly and concisely as I 
could well do in the short space allotted to me, and yet there are many 



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important points conuected with the subject upon wliicli I might say much 
more, were it not tha 1 1 fear in doing so I might too far trespass upon your 
patience. In conclusion, therefore, I heg to make a few suggestions which 
I feel the importance of the subject demands. 

In the first place the natural history of the cotton caterpillar is very little 
understood, and while it is so we are bound to remain in ignorance of the 
best means of their universal destruction, which should be the end aimed 
at. 

Would it not be expedient, as well as profitable, for those States that 
eufier such enormous losses from the depredations of the caterpillars to 
employ an experienced and competent entomologist to investigate thor- 
oughly the natural history, habits, etc., etc., of this great enemy of the 
cotton plant f I am satisfied that until such researches are made we will 
only be groping in the dark and not likely, for a long time, to arrive at 
satisfactory conclusions. 

This I trust you will strenuously urge in your forthcoming work. 

I will not trouble you farther only hoping my answers to your questions 
may prove satisfactory, and would gladly give any other information I 
might possess on the subject. I will perhaps be in New Orleans in January, 
when, if you desire it, I can give you my views more at length on the 
subject. 

Yours, very respectfully, 

SMITH GORDON. 

Alexandria, Dec. 2\8t, 1877. 
J, Curtis Waldo, Esq., New Orleans, La. : 

Dear Sir, — Press of businens engagements must plead my excuse for 
not having sooner answered your circular letter of the 1st instant. 

I am not sufficiently versed in the science of entomology to answer all of 
your questions with any degree of accuracy, so I will confine myself to 
facts of which I am fully cognizant and which have come under my own 
personal observation. 

I was born and raised on a cotton plantation and have been engaged in 
its culture for more than twenty years. 

It is impossible for me to say when I first noticed the worms, my 
recollection of them extends to my early childhood, and I presume that 
they are, in this latitude, cceval with the cotton plant itself. It has been 
generally believed that wet seasons were much more apt to produce the 
worms than dry ones, but this does not accord with my own observations ; 
for I have seen them in all tha might of their destruction in dry as well as 
wet seasons, whilst on the other hand in some of our wettest summers the 
cotton fields were exceptionally clear of them. 

Until within a few years the cotton planter has felt that he was power- 
less to make any defence against the ravages of these voracious little pests, 
but thanks to the inventive resources of man, a remedy has been discovered, 
absolutely efficacious and easily within the reach of every one. 

I have experimented with Paris green during three seasons, with the most 



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marked and beneficial results. I have used it in the powdered state, mix- 
ing it with flour, and also in the liquid form, using water as a solvent, 
with perfect succefis with both methods ; but on the grounds of economy 
and rapidity of application, I prefer the latter, where water is readily ac- 
cessible. 

My manner of using the Paris green is as follows : 

I take a heaping teaspoonful and mix directly into the watering pot, 
holding two gallons, being careful to keep the water well stirred until I 
hand it to the laborer, generally mounted, and start him at a slow trot, to 
sprinkling, going once or twice to the row, as the cotton is larger or 
smaller. 

I have used the ordinarjr garden watering pot, but this can be much im- 
proved upon ; the pot itself should be covered over entirely, with a neck 
to insert the nozzle of a funnel, this will prevent the wastage of material 
which occurs with the ordinary open pot, and then the sprinkler should 
be made much larger, perforated with a number of small holes. It would 
be prudent before going earnestly to work with Paris green to arrive at 
the proper quantity to be used, by experimenting on a small scale, as it 
seems not to be of uniform strength. 

I will close by giving you the results of my operations this year. In order 
to arrive definitely at the benefits derived from Paris green, and to con- 
rince the sceptical, I would here and there at random skip a row or two, 
leaving them to their fate ; in every instance the rows not sprinkled 
were devoured, whilst the surrounding cotton was green and fresh ; when 
I went to picking I had two of these rows picked and weighed the cotton 
from them — 80 pounds, then picked two contiguous rows on which the 
Paris green had been applied — result 175 pounds, and this was about the 
difference on my place generally. I made but one application, if a second 
had been made the difference would have been even greater. I estimate 
the cost of saving a crop at not more than $1,25 to the acre, making two 
applications — with arsenic the cost would be much less, and I am inclined 
to think that arsenic is as effective as Paris green, but I do not know from 
my own experience,not having used it sufficiently to form an opinion. 

Wishing a happy and successful issue to the work you have undertaken, 

I am yours, truly, 

JNO. H. PKESCOTT. 

Gabion, Galveston, Co., Texas, March 20t]i, 1878. 
J. Curtis Waldo, Esq. 

Dear Sir, — I am in receipt of your circular requesting me to give my 
exnerience in raising cotton, destroying cotton worms, etc., etc., which I 
taike pleasure in doing, as far as I am able, hoping it will be of some benefit 
to some of my brother farmers. I have been planting cotton since 1866. 
I do not think since then one season has passed that the worms have not 
made their appearance in my cotton field. For several years they came too 
late to do very much harm, but in 1871 they completely destroyed my 
whole crop, they so completely destroyed it that it did not pay to pick 
what was left. But since then I have succeeded every year in saving my 
crop with poison. The only kind that 1 have succeeded with is the " Texas 
Cotton Worm Destroyer" which I am perfectly satisfied from practical 
experience is the very best known preparation in the market. It is far 
superior to Paris green or any other poison that I have used or seen used, 
but the great secret in using the poison is that it should be applied to the 
plant aa soon as the worms are hatched and are about the size of a hair. 
Damp cloudy weather and cool nights are more favorable for them than 
dry weather. The best sign that may be taken as a forerunner of them is 
a great quantity of moths flying around the field late in the evening; 
they seem to deposit their eggs then, and die or disappear, the worm com- 
mences hatching out some eight or ten days afterwards. A cheap mode 
has been adopted for destroying the moth, which consists of a pan of 
viscid water which is placed upon stakes in the cotton field at suitable 
distances apart, a block of wood is placed in the center of each pan, upon 



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wliich is placed a lighted glass lantern. The moths being attracted by the 
light dash against it and fall into the pan and are destroyed before deposit- 
ing their eggs upon the tender leaves of the plants. I have never used the 
lantern on my plantation, the above described poison did the work so com- 
pletely, that I thought it unnecessary to try any other remedy, bnt I have 
no doubt that it will prove beneficial if properly used. 
Hoping some of the above items may be of benefit to the cotton growers, 
I remain, very respectfully, 

A. J. JOHNSON. 

Refuge Landing, Miss., January 13th, 1878. 
Mr. J. Curtis Waldo, Ne^v Orleans, La. : 

Dear Sir, — In answer to your circular of December Ist, would say I 
have planted cotton since 1865. I have had worms on my cotton every 
year since, except 1870. They have never done me serious injury except in 
hot damp seasons. They have generally appeared about middle of July, 
and when injury has resulted from them, it has been when they have in- 
creased to the third crop, about 15th of August to the 10th of September. 
I can form no idea as to whether we will have them or not any season, 
their appearance being the first indication. 

I have used Paris green and the "Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer," both 
are serviceable. I like the " Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer " best, it is much 
cheaper and more easily prepared for use. It is however almost impossible 
to protect a large crop with either, the time is so short, they destroy it so 
rapidly and you must have dry weather for either to be elFective. 

Very respectfully, 

J. W. HARROW. 

North Bend, Cheneyville, Parish Rapides, La., Deo. 17 ih, 1877. 
J. Curtis Waldo, Esq. 
Dear Sir, — Your communication has been received and in reply I 
would state that I have been planting cotton for 30 years, and the first 
season that I remember to have seen the worms, was in the year 1840. The 
caterpillar requires a wet season to accumulate, as such weather is de- 
structive to their natural enemies, the ant, and also an insect called the 
Ichneuman, which feeds ravenously upon the cotton worm. After the 
butterfly, the first signs of the approach of the cotton worm is in the shape of 
a green worm, which is generally called the for© runner. I think they leave 
the germ on the plantation, though they are capable of migrating. I have 
used arsenic in dry weather with good results, but if a rain should follow 
the application, in a few hours it will destroy all good effect. I have also 
used the Paris green to a considerable extent, this is the most popular 
remedy, but I have found it non-effectual under continual rain. The 
remedy should be used when the first worm is seen. I have during the 
past season used the arsenic and Paris green both in solution. The great 
difficulty lies in applying the poison, as it should be done by machinery, 
so that the man or horse would not come in contact with the poison. I 
think a light cart could be so constructed as to sprinkle 3 rows at a time 
and as lightly as desired. By this a cart could be made to sprinkle 30 acres 
in a day. 

I think Paris green mixed with flour and applied with a sifter is the 
most effectual and lasting manner of applying the poison, though of course 
it is the most expensive. 

If the poison was used when the fore runner makes his appearance, and 
every planter could be forced to use the poison, then I have no doubt but 
the worm could be entirely exterminated, but where one man uses the 
remedy and his neighbor does not, it keeps up the presence of the worm, 
ready to devour several times during the season. 

Yours, respectfully, 

WM. V. KEARY. 



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[Since we commenced investigating the question of "ITow to destroy the Cotton 
"Worm? " we have received a copy of a pamphlet, which we think so appropi late, that we 
present it entire to our readers.] 



THE COTTON WORM. 



The cottou plant fiirnislies food for mauj^ insects. More tlian one dozen 
are enumerated, classified and described in the works of entomologists . 
Most of these insects are harmless, or very nearly so. Two alone are 
regarded as destructive ; of these one is so devastating as to acquire the 
names of the " cotton army worm," " the cotton caterpillar," " the cotton 
worm {Noctua zylina).'' This little insect comes like an army of destroying 
angels. It comes almost as suddenly as a thief in the night. The planter 
who retired to dreams of plenty and content, rises to behold the vanguard 
of destruction. He wakes to witness the disappointment of his hopes, the 
devastation of all for which he has labored. The work of one year and the 
comforts of the next are devoured by this worm in a week, and where 
there were hopes of plenty, there is the sorrow of want. This to the planter. 
The merchant, the tradesman, and the manufacturer, all suffer because of 
the insatiate maw of this little monster. The cotton worm can, with his 
feeble strength, stop the mills of Manchester. When he eats, the opera- 
tives of England and the planters of America want. There are no data by 
which the actual amount of his destruction can bo measured. The estimate 
is that in some seasons he has destroyed as much as twenty millions of 
dollars' worth of growing cotton. It is our business to make known the 
means whereby this enemy may be destroyed, and the calamity it entails 
averted. 

ITS HISTORY. 

Solomon has said that there is nothing new under the sun ; but if the cotton 
worm is older than the nineteenth century our modern Solomons knew 
nothing of it. Dr. Cuper's authority says, that the first appearance of 
these worms as destroyers of cotton was in the year 1800, and that in 1804 
the crops were almost destroyed by them. Happily a snow-storm occurred 
during the following winter, and they were almost entirely destroyed. It 
required a number of years before they became so numerous as to be very 
destructive. 

In 1825, they are said to have been again destroyed by a storm, but this 
is somewhat doubtful, as during the next year they were very destructive. 

The worm does not appear in all portions of the cotton-growing district 
during the season, nor are his visits made with any degree of regularity. 

It is probable that a moist season has much to do with developing the 
eggs that were laid by the fly which has survived from the previous year. 

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And it is well known that a very hot sun drives them to seek shade and 
shelter. It is generally regarded as certain that the moth which lays the 
egg survives the winter, especially if it is at all mild. 

THE DESTROYER. 

Many means have been used to destroy these worms before their increase 
in safificient numbers to be seriously injurious. Almost every planter — 
certainly every old planter — can call to mind the torches that were devised 
to attract the moth, the flags that were used to scare him, and the plates 
of molasses and vinegar that were devised to delude him. All these and 
many more proved worthless. 

And it was found that any attack made on the insect, while in the form 
of a moth, was utterly useless. There are usually three broods of the worm 
in a single season. The first brood is small in numbers, the second larger 
and the third innumerable. Of course the proper point of attack is on the 
first brood, for if these die childlesa, neither their children nor their grand- 
children will appear to carry devastation and dismay to the planter. 

The problem then presented is to prepare a poison which can be applied 
so that the worm must eat it, a poison which can be applied with safety by 
the ignorant and careless field-hand without danger to himself or injury to 
the plant. The poison, whatever it is, must be certain —no mistake can be 
remedied, for while the planter is inquiring for a good medicine with 
which to replace the bad, the worms are devouring his crop and laying his 
fields desolate. It must be such a poison as can be applied to all parts of 
the plant on which the worm feeds, because if it is not so applied he may 
dine to repletion on the harmless part, avoiding the less pleasant and fatal 
portion. It must be an article that will not injure the plant, nor spoil the 
staple in the open boll. The poison must be cheap, else it will cost a large 
portion of the value of the cotton saved to preserve it. The first article of 
poison applied to the destruction of the cotton worm was Paris-green. 
It seems to have been used whimsically and without any previous scientific 
study. Paris-green is a poison — if a man eats it he dies, and if a woman 
eats it she dies also. This seems to have been the reflection that 
prompted it use. The objections to its use are many — and they are fatal 
objections. 

Paris-green is a pigment which is made in several different ways ; or 
rather, to speak more precisely, there are several articles known to com- 
merce as Paris.green, which cannot be distinguished from one another 
except by practical chemists. One of these compounds is a rank poison ; 
if the worm eats it he will surely die — the others are harmless. A case in 
point occurred with Judge Jones of Virginia Point, Galveston County, 
Texas. He purchased a quantity of Paris-green and applied it to a field of 
sea-island cotton with good results. The following year he bought what 
he supposed to be a similar article, and he certainly did buy a Paris-green, 



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but it was harmless as a bowl of bread and milk. The worms were as 
lively and lusty after dining upon it as before. His field was devastated, 
and his crop destroyed. Twelve thousand dollars' loss was the result of 
the substitution of one sort of Paris-green for another. A second objection 
to Paris-green is that it cannot be dissolved in water. Flour, gypsum, 
plaster and other articles, have been used as a vehicle for its application ; 
but they are all uncertain in their results, for unless the worm eats of the 
actual poison, he may dine all day on the plaster, flour and gypsum, without 
being the worse for it. A very small quantity of the poison is sufficient to 
kill the worm, but he must actually eat that portion or else he is not 
harmed by it ; to be effective, the poison must be dissolved and diluted, 
not mixed. A mixture of Paris-green and any other substance is not certain 
to be effective in killing the worm, and is not likely to be injurious to the 
plant, because it falls in clots and splotches. In some places there is so 
much as to dry and shrivel the leaf, and in some not enough to harm the 
worm. There is another objection to the use of any poison not diluted 
in water, clots of the green poison falling on the boll are likely to dis- 
color the staple, and are certain to injure the ginner, being thrown out in 
the form of dust, and taken into his lungs with the air that he breathes. 
Should he happen to have a cut or sore hand, dangerous consequences 
might happen to the picker or ginner from contact with the poison. 
Another objection to the use of Paris-green is its cost. 

A MORE CERTAIN REMEDY. 

In presenting the Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer, discovered and patent- 
ed by J. D. Braman and A. Robira, we make no claim to mystery, nor any 
effort at concealment. The chemicals of which it is composed are fully 
recited in the official papers of the patent office, and open to the access of 
every man who desires to make the investigation. It is a salt of arsenic 
which readily dissolves in cold water. There are other salts of arsenic 
known to all chemists, which dissolve in boiling water, but the objections 
to their use are the greater danger resulting from increased manipulation 
by ignorant persons, and the possibility of chemical changes resulting 
from the vessel in which it is boiled, and other causes. 

The ease with which it is applied is such that the most ignorant planta- 
tion-hand cannot make a mistake after having once seen it done. And the 
directions are so simple that any man who can read needs no further expla- 
nation. While it is no part of our desire to decry the use of Paris-green, 
which will when properly applied certainly kill the worm, we do claim to 
have found a remedy equally effectual, and entirely free from the danger 
which accompanies the use of that article. And no better evidence of the 
danger attending the use of Paris-green can be desired than the printed di- 
rections which accompany the packages of Paris-green sent out for the use 
of planters. We copy them precisely as they are published : 



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Great care is required in mixing Paris Green witli the materials pre- 
pared for the extermination of the Cotton Worm, or Potato Bug. 

The Green is very poisonous ; and as it is a fine powder, if it flies upon 
the skin it will make very sore any scratch or wound which may be there. 

Great care must be taken to avoid inhaling the Green, as it will produce 
nausea, and giddiness of the head, etc. 

When mixing the Green with the other materials, or sprinkling the 
compound, jpwi a liandkeoxhief over tlie mouth and nose, and after the work is 
done, the clothing should be thoroughly shaken (still keeping on the 
handkerchief), and the entire hody carefully washed in cold water. 

In making the Compound, add small quantities at a time of the Paris 
Green, and thoroughly incorporate the same with the other materials. 

When the Compound is applied, and in a dry state, with a sprinkler, to 
the Cottonov Potato Plant, be careful to go with the wind and not against it' 
so as to avoid the Powder as much as possible. 

If applied in a liquid form, do not permit any vessel used for the Mixture 
to be used for any other purpose, until very thoroughly washed. 

If any inconvenience arises from inhaling any of the Green or Compound 
(and it is not thought necessary to employ a doctor), drink milk very 
freely ; and for sores, or irritated skin, apply Oxide of Iron in the form of a 
salve. 

Any planter will at once perceive the difficulty of inducing his hands to 
take all these precautions, and the danger of snch an agent in the hands 
of the ignorant and careless. 

ALL THAT HE HAS TO DO WITH THE COTTON WORM DESTROYER 

Is to stir four ounces of the mixture into about forty gallons of water, and 
apply it to an acre of cotton with a common watering-pot, or any of the 
simple machines which have been devised for sprinkling fields, streets, etc. 
The cost of effectually preserving an acre of cotton does not exceed 12i cts. 
a perfectly inconsiderable amount when the certainty of its results and the 
great saving that results from its use are remembered. Having shown the 
great calamities which follow in the track of the cotton worm, and the 
cheapness with which the Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer can be applied, 
it remains for us but to show the certainty of the result. 

In doing this, we shall have recourse to no argument founded on 
philosophical probabilities, we shall present nothing but the actual results 
which have ensued from the application of the Texas Cotton Worm 
Destroyer to fields of growing cotton by actual planters, well-known and 
respectable gentlemen, whose words are received as current coin in the 
\5ommunities in which they live. We do this because we recognize the 
truth of that homely axiom which says that " the proof of the pudding is 
in the eating of it." The proof of the Texas Cotton Worm. Destroyer is in 
the eating of it by the worms. 



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THE EXPERIENCE OF PLANTERS— WHAT THE DESTROYER 
DID AT BRYAN. 

Bryan, Sept. Uih, 1874. 

Capt. H. B. Stoddard: 

Sir, — It affords me pleasure to state that having nsed the " Texas Cotton 
Worm Destroyer" on my cotton crop, I find it to be just the thing to kill 
the worms, and can assure parties interested in its use that it does not 
affect any kind of stock. I applied with one of your fountain pumps ; and 
should it be necessary another year, shall apply the '* destroyer " again. 

Yours truly, 

P. M. Hargrave. 

It is worth while to remark that the certificates and letters which we 
are presenting do not emanate from unknown and irresponsible persons, 
but from well-known and intelligent gentlemen, of whom any man can 
inquire by the expenditure of a single postal-card. 

IT KNOCKS THEM HIGH AS A KITE. 

Waterville, Warton Co., Texas. 
Aug. 20th, 1874. 

Messrs. Preston & Robira: 

Sirs, — I have used your compound for the destruction of the cotton worm . 
It killed the worms to my entire satisfaction. I used four ounces in 42 
. . gallons of water and it knocked the worms higher than a kite — no injury to 
the plants — worms nearly all dead in 15 hours after applying it. Cotton 
planters need have no further dread of the worm. The Texas Worm Des- 
troyer does the work. 

Henry I. Schley. 
Galveston, Aug. 26th, 1874. 

Messrs. Preston & Robira: 

Gentlemen, — Having made a test of your worm poison, I am fully con- 
vinced that it is effective, and one of the best preparations yet discovered 
for the destruction of the cotton caterpillar. 

Respectfully yours, etc., 

E. L. RUGELEY. 

WHAT IT DID. 

Milton Parker, Office of Parker & Flippen. 

W. H. Flippen. Bankers & Commission Merchants. 

Bryan, Texas, Aug. 14th, 1874. 

Messrs. Preston & Robira, Galveston : 

Gentlemen,— On Thursday last I applied the Texas Worm Destroyer to 
about 20 acres of cotton on the Parker & Flippen place, some eight miles 



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from Bryan. On Saturday, I visited the place and found one field free 
from worms, on the remainder some two or three worms were on the stock , 
but not eating. 

Yours truly, 

H. B. Stoddard. 

GAI.VESTON, Aug. 19th, 1874. 
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that we are personally acquainted 
with Capt. H. B. Stoddard, and know him to be careful and truthful, and 
we have implicit confidence in the statement he has made. 

Braman Purviance & Co., 
B. B. Eichardson. 

It is proper to remark that these worms were, as the doctors would say, 
in ariiculo mortis, and that the next day they were dead as door nails. 

AN ACCURATE STATEMENT. 

Retrieve Plantation, Brazoria Co., Texas, 
Septemler Uth, 1874. 

Messrs. Ball, Hutchings & Co., 

Dear Sirs, — We have had very heavy rains for a week, terminating on 
Friday last. At the commencement of which the worm appeared. We 
were only able to apply the poison to a limited number of acres, between 
showers, but I am happy to say, proving, without a doubt, the efficacy of 
Robira's patent. 

I will relate an instance of its success ; one party applied it to five acres . 
the day before the rains set in, it is now in perfect preservation, while the 
cotton to which it was not applied is entirely eaten up and up to the very 
row. Had it not been for the rains I could have saved it all. I have 
twenty acres in cotton which was not affected by the worm in August. I 
applied it down here on the few acres of cotton on which any leaf remained, 
with equal success, which has demonstratad that rain will not wash it off. 
In my application I increased the amount to 12 oz. in 84 gallons of water, 
and applied it to an acre without injury to the cotton. 

I remain, very truly, 

T. Lynch Hamilton. 

It will be observed that in this experiment the compound was applied to 
the third brood of worms, and preserved the cotton despite the injury it - 
had received from the first two broods. 

AN ARRAY OF NAMES. 

Galveston, Texas, Sept. Uth, 1874. 

Messrs. Preston & Robira : 

Gentlemen, — Feeling satisfied from personal observation, or from report 
of experiments made by our planting friends in the interior, of the merits 
of the Texas ^Cotton Worm Destroyer, we do not hesitate to give it our in- 
dorsement and recommendation. As a destructive agent, we are informed 



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that it meots every requirement, clieap, easily applied, destructive of the 
caterpillar, and not injurious to plant or person. 

Such a preparation has been the great need of the cotton-growing States, 
and indeed of every State and country where insects destroy vegetation. 

We believe that your Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer will, to a great 
extent, take the place of all other compounds yet discovered, and will accom - 
plish all that is needed in saving crops from the ravages of the caterpillar, 
without risk, and at small expense. The crop we believe can always be 
saved from worms by the timely application of your compound. The real 
importance of the subject, and the incalculable benefit bestowed upon the 
farmers by your discovery, has induced«us to address you this communica- 
tion. 

We are, gentlemen, respectfully yours, 
Hobby & Post, 
Gary & Oliphant, 
Skinner & Stone, 

ADOUE & LOBIT, 

Thompson & Lybrook, 

G. W. Embrey, 

Ball, HuTCHiNGS & Co. 

AN INQUIRY FROM GEN. COLQUITT. 

Atlanta, Geo., September 15th, 1874. 

Mr. a. Robira: 

Dear Sir, — While the ravages of the caterpillar have not been so great 
or disastrous this year as often heretofore, they have caused considerable 
damage. Any sure and inexpensive remedy which can be devised for 
them would be a public benefaction. The evils of most remedies hereto" 
fore used have been costliness, damage to the cotton plant, poisoning of 
stock, etc., and their failure to arrest or destroy the worm If you have 
succeeded in devising anything free from these difficulties, or the worst of 
them, it is likely to be of great benefit, and I should particularly like to 
know more about it. Paris green has been most commonly used, with 
most, if not all of the evils mentioned. 

Yours very truly, 

A. H. Colquitt, 
Pres. State Agricultural Society of Georgia. 

PRECISE DETAILS. 

Bolivar Peni5?sula, Tex., Oct. Uth, 1874. 
Messrs. Preston & Robira, Galveston, Texas : 

Gentlemen, — I take pleasure in testifying to the efficacy of the " Texas 
Cotton Worm Destroyer." On the first appearance of the cotton worm in 
my crop, in July, I procured enough of your compound to apply to nine 
acres, and I am happy to state that my success was prompt and thorough, 



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the worms beginning to die in about twelve hours after application. In 
forty-eight hours they did no further damage, and in about sixty hours 
all were dead, while the plants remained fresh and green. On some small 
patches where the compound was not applied, the forms were eaten up as 
clean as if swept by afire. I consider that you have by far the best pre- 
paration yet discovered for the destruction of the cotton worm, cheap, 
portable, and efficacious. 

Yours truly, 

Jas. a. Crenshaw. 

COL. D. D. WATERS MAKES A CONCLUSIVE AND COMPARATIVE 

TRIAL. 

Clear Creek, Texas, Sept. 15th, 1874. 

Messrs. Preston & Robira : 

The worms having made their appearance all over my field of cotton, I 
used your Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer on five rows in the centre, on one 
side of the five rows arsenious acid dissolved in boiling water, and on the 
other side Paris-green and flour, mixed with the solution of arsenious acid ; 
I failed to destroy the worm, the cotton being entirely destroyed. Your 
compound as well as the Paris-green mixture killed the worms, with the 
very important difference that on the portion to which the Paris-green 
mixture was applied it caused the cotton to shed its holU and squares. The 
five rows to which the Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer was applied there 
was no shedding, and the cotton continued to make until frost killed the 
plant. I do not hesitate in saying that your compound is perfect in every 
respect. 

Yours truly, 

D. D. Waters. 

Col. Waters is well known to all Texans as one of the first gentlemen of 
his section of country. 

We now present a letter to the patentees of the Texas Worm Destroyer 
from Judge William J. Jones, a gentlemen of much reputation in the 
agricultural and literary world. In early life Judge Jones was for many 
years the editor of the leading journal in Mobile, and since he has devoted 
himself to planting has been a frequent contributor to leading agricultural 
and political papers. He was the first to introduce the culture of sea- 
island cotton into the State of Texas, and is in all respects abundantly able 
to speak knowingly of all that pertains to the culture of cotton. 

Virginia Point, Texas, August ith, 1874. 
To Messrs. Preston & Robira: 

I take great pleasure in responding to inquiry with regard to my experi- 
ment with your Cotton Worm Destroyer on my growing crop of cotton, 
On the first appearance of the worms I used Paris-green to exterminate 



them, whicli was a full success. I used at the same time a few packages 
of your compound. About the last of June, when the second brood of 
worms appeared, I used your compound. My success was prorai^t and 
thorough at one-third the cost of the Paris-green. I am satisfied that your 
compound is equal to any that I have tried, and I have tried them all, in 
destroying the worm, while it does not injure the plant— it is certainly the 
cheapest — and less likely to effect the party injuriously in its application 
than Paris-green, as it leaves no residuum on the open boll ivhich might endange)- 
the health or the life of the ginner. The chemical affinities of your prepara. 
tion have been most skilfully adjusted, producing destruction to the worm 
without evil consequences to the party sprinkling it. I most heartly con- 
gratulate you upon the full success of one of your many experiments to 
destroy the cotton worm, in which you have toiled for many years with 
tireless devotion, and the great planting interest of the South cannot fail 
to evince its appreciation of your labor in this connection. There is now 
nothing to fear, except the attempt at adulteration which is already 
apparent in the Paris-green sent to the Southern market. I know of but 
one remedy for that serious swindle, which will be to confine the manufac- 
ture of your compound to some establishment of well-known repute, which 
will find it to its interest to furnish a genuine preparation on which the 
planter can safely rely. 

Very respectfully, 

William J. Jones. 
Judge Jones's suggestion is timely and will be heeded, our arrangements 
are such that we are prepared to vouch for every package of the Texas 
Worm Destroyer that is sold. 

FROM A PROMINEMT BANKER AND PLANTER. 

Hearne, Oct. 26ih, 1874. 

Messrs. Preston & Robira: 

Gentlemen, — I have neglected giving you the result of my experiments 
with your Cotton Worm Destroyer, partly to ascertain fully its effects and 
partly from neglect. 

The worms appeared in Mr. Hearne's field adjoining mine about the 6th 
of July. On the 14th, I received from you four oz. of your Cotton Worm 
Destroyer. I applied it to three rows about 300 yards long in his field, 
where they were very thick, and had commenced " webbing," in about 
three days I found them all dead except those which were fally grown ; 
three weeks after these rows were green when there were no leaves on 
the adjoining rows. 

About the 25th of July, I received from you about 100 lbs. of the 
poison. I applied it as fast as the worms spread, and never failed to 
kill all except those which were fully grown. 1 applied it until I was 
satisfied they could not injure my crop. On that part where it was ap- 



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plied after the heavy rains in August the lower leaves are still green. 
For cotton that was from three to four feet high I put on 40 gals, water 
with four oz. to the acre, which I found sufficient. On cotton six and 
seven feet high I doubled the quantity. I am fully satisfied with the 
results. 

1. It will kill all worms that are not fully grown. 

2. By applying it every two or three weeks, cotton can be kept growing 
until frost. 

There is no danger in its use. I used mules for four weeks and their 
sides were constantly wet with it, and it produced no bad results. 

To apply it, I had saddles made with pieces six feet long fastened 
horizontally to the *' horn" and cantal, with ten gal. cans resting on each 
end ; these were mounted on tall mules. With two of them I could apply 
30 acres a day. 

Your preparation is soluble in water ; there is no trouble in mixing it. 

Yours truly, 

Charles Lewis. 

Lewis & Lewis, 

Bankers, Hearncs, Texas. 

FROM JUDGE HAECOURT. 

Judge Harcourt is one of the first jurists and most enterprising planters 
of the State. He has for many years represented the State of Texas in the 
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows for the United States. 

Galveston, 26^, Oct. 1B74. 

Messrs. Preston & Robira: 

Gentlemen, — I have just returned from my plantation on old Caney, in 
Colorado County, and, in compliance with your request, I report the result 
of my experiments with your "Cotton "Worm Destroyer." The worms 
appeared in patches on my place about the 1st Sept., and I directed the appli- 
cation to be made of your compound, according to your instructions, with 
the exception that it was applied with a hand " sprinkler." My manager 
was taken sick about the time, and could not give it his personal atten- 
tion : but the application was satisfactory, so far as testing the virtue of 
your compound. 

When the application is made in the morning, or during the day, when 
the hot sun is on the plant, I think the evaporation diminishes the eifect ; 
but it should be applied late in the evening, and I feel assured that it will 
in all cases destroy the worm, and save the crop. 

Yours, etc., 

John T. Harcourt. 

FROM AN OLD COTTON MERCHANT. 
Mr. Quigg, the writer of the following, was for many years a cotton mer- 
chant in Galveston. He has, since he resumed planting, been recognized 
as one of the most successful in the State. 



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This is to certify that I have used Preston &. Rohira's compound for des- 
troying the Cotton Worm, and I am perfectly satisfied with it. I would 
recommend it being used late in the evening or on dark or cloudy weather, 
which makes it entirely effective. 

W. P. QUIGG. 

Harlem Plantation, 
Aug. 8th, 1874. 

I take pleasure in stating that I have known W. P. Quigg for some 8 
years, formerly as a citizen and business man of Galveston, and subse- 
quently as a planter, and know that his word may be relied on. 

P. S. George. 

I fully indorse Mr. George's statement. 

N. B. Yard. 

THE TESTIMONY OF AN OLD SOUTH CAROLINA PLANTER. 

Sandy Point, Brazoria Co., Texas, 
October 27, 1874. 

Messrs. Preston & Robira, Galveston: 

Gentlemen, — I have deferred writing to you as to the result of the ap- 
plication of your Cotton Worm Destroyer, which I used during last ^.ugust. 
I used one bottle of the prepared poison, as directed by you, to a barrel, 
say forty gallons of water, and sprinkled on the cotton with the pumps 
gotten from you for the purpose. The poison was applied on some very 
luxuriant cotton, where the worms were very numerous and of every size. 
I was disappointed twenty-four hours after in not finding the mall dead, as 
I expected, but the next day, say thirty-six hours after the application, 
most of them were in a torpid state and many dead. Still I found a good 
number on the cotton, having survived the poison. A second crop of worms 
never appeared on this cotton ; after webbing up, they appeared to have 
died in that state. I considered the effect of the poison too slow, and con- 
cluded to put one bottle and a half to the barrel, forty gallons of water, 
which I did, and applied it in the same manner with decided success; in 
thirty -six hours there was not a live worm to be found, and the cotton was 
not injured in the slightest. In this cotton the worms were also very 
numerous, five, six, and more to the leaf; the barrel of poisoned water gave 
out before finishing this cut of cotton, but as there are but a few rows? 
it was determined to leave them for comparison. These few rows were 
in a few days entirely destroyed, while all the poisoned cotton to the present 
day is perfectly green, luxuriant, and in bloom. I was for some time very 
doubtful as to the efficacy and practicability of the application of the 
poison, but from personal observation and the result of the past season, 
clearly demonstrated everywhere that the poison was properly applied, 
makes me a thorough convert as to the entire security of the cotton plant 
from its great destroyer, the caterpillar. 

Very respectfully, 

C. M. Desel. 



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A PLANTER'S RECOMMENDATION. 

Bernardine Plantation, Brazoria Co., 
November dd, 1874. 

Messrs. Preston & Robira, Galveston: 

Gentlemen, — In accordauce w ith your request I cheerfully give you this 
certificate of my unqualified approbation of your rnost valuable discovery — 
" The Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer." 

I have tried it, and unhesitatingly pronounce it a success, and far superior 
to any other remedy against the cotton worm I have yet ^een tried. I 
recommend all planters to use it. 

Respectfully, 

I am yours obliged, 

J. W. Hanks. 

LETTER FROM EASTERN TEXAS. 

Moscow, Polk Co., Texas, Nov. 8th, 1874. 
Messrs. Preston & Robira: 

To-day I take the pleasure of reporting to you the result of your Texas Cot- 
ton Worm Destroyer in this neighborhood. Planters who usedyoar poison 
report favorably of it wherever they followed strictly your directions. It 
will kill the worms and not burn the leaves. My opinion is the poison 
should be used when the worm first makes its appearance and not wait for 
the second and third crops, because the green worm, or forerunner, as he 
is called, is easier killed than the second and third crop of the worm. 

Respectfully yours, 

S. Bergman. 

Mess. Preston & Robira, Galveston. 

Gents— I have long since been satisfied of the efficacy of your " Texas 
Cotton Worm Destroyer " but have waited until this time to be sure of there 
being no doubt. 

The poison I received was put up in paper boxes, containing five pounds, 
a measure for 40 or 42 gallons of water. I discovered the worm near the 
last of August in considerable force in a cut of level bottom land (late 
cotton) containing 20 acres. I wrote to you for the remedy. I received it 
oa the 30th of August. On the 1st of September, I applied it to five acres 
of the above cut, as the worms had made such ravage in the interval that 
there were not enough leaves left on the rest to hold the poison. 

MY MODE OF APPLICATION 

Was as follows : I had a large mule hitched to a cart, in which I placed a 
52 gallon barrel filled with water, and placed therein two (2) measures of 
the poison, a driver in front. I took my stand in the rear of the barrel 
with a " Fountain pump," directed the driver to proceed. We straddled 
one row and sprinkled four rows on each side, sprinkling nine rows at a 



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time, which the pump did easily, and thus I passed over the five acres iu a 
thorough manner. I found on leaving a little water in the barrel each time 
that about the third time filling two measures was too strong, and blis- 
tered the leaves a little. I afterward emptied the water out each time and 
used the two measures without injury. 

In passing to the cotton I was sprinkling from the spring I had to pass 
through a piece entirely eaten up, with the exception of eight rows next 
the fence, which was green, but somewhat ragged, and worms working vig- 
orously. I concluded to test it on that, which I did, and it stopped the 
worms, and the cotton continued to bloom and bear until frost, as did all 
the cotton I sprinkled with your " Texas Worm Destroyer." I found very 
few worms dead, but they stopped eating, and the cotton is now bending 
down with bolls. I have no doubt but earlier in the season a second sprink- 
ling would be necegsary on account of the new growth. Many persons 
speak of your remedy — some for, some against. I can only say what it has 
done for me. 

Every acre I sprinkled grew, bloomed and bore until frost, and every 
acre I did not sprinkle was eaten up entirely by the worms by the 5th of 
September. 

I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

JAMES E. HADEN. 

Cold Springs, Texas, Nov. 13, 1876. 

Mr. Jagers, an old farmer, and the most thorough connoisseur iu worms 
gives his statement in his own words, as also the Dr. J. A. Dupreo : 

I was on Capt. Haden's premises, and saw the cotton ten days after 
sprinkling. It was green and doing well. I also noticed very particularly 
(that being my object in going to see it) that it was not shedding, as some 
of the poisons cause it to do. 

D. L. JAGERS. 

Note the following from Judge W. J. Jones : 

Virginia Point, July 24, 1877. 

Messrs. Preston & Robira : 

The worms made their appearance in my crop of cotton about the 22d of 
June. I immediately applied your "Destroyer," using the "Fountain 
Pump" for its distribution, and cleaned the worms out in a few days. 
About the 15th of this month they reappeared on the same cotton in larger 
numerical force, when I again resorted to your "Destroyer " and have just 
finished their annihilation. There is a portion of my crop here, although 
in the same inclosure (only a ditch between), on which no worms have so 
far appeared. For this exemption there is no apparent cause. 

I have tried every known preparation for the destruction of the cotton 
worm, but I found none to equal yours in all the essentials of complete 
success. It is cheap ; its efficiency is beyond all question. It does not 



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affect the cotton plant injuriously if used according to your directions, and 
can be applied in any kind of weather, except when there is a heavy rain- 
fall, and there is no decided risk of life or health with ordinary care. 

WM. J. JONES. 

The Daily Democratic Statesman of Austin, Texas, of the 24th July, 1877, 
says editorially : 

The Cotton Worm.— In the past few days the unwelcome cotton worm 
has made its appearance on several farms in this county, and Capt. Jas. 
Thompson has been experimenting with the patent worm poison. In the 
first place, he administered the poison on a few rows and then waited a day 
or two to see the effect, which proved the most satisfactory. The worms 
were killed by countless millions, and the rows of cotton on which the 
poison had been sprinkled looked fresh and vigorous, while the rows which 
had not been sprinkled showed fearful ravages on the part of the worms. 
The Captain has now used poison on his entire crop and he expects a heavy 
yield. Mr. John T. Miller, who was in Mr. Thompson's field on Sunday 
(yesterday), commenced the application of the poison on his cotton, and he 
has full faith that the worms will ba destroyed and a full crop of cotton 
made. If every farmer in the country can be induced to use the poison, no 
doubt a bale of cotton to the acre will be made this season. The poison 
costs but 50 cents a pound and one-quarter pound is sufficient to each barrel 
of water. It is administered by means of the common hand sprinklers. 
Those who have very large crops use a wagon, carrying a barrel or two of 
the poison in front and two men in the rear with the sprinklers. In this 
way from fifty to one hundred acres of cotton can be sprinkled in one day, 
and more where two or three teams can be kept at work. The worms do 
no damage after the application of the poison, and die within thirty-six 
hours. 

ToBiN Bros., Austin, Texas : 

Gents — I have used on ray farms near this city, the celebrated Cotton 
Worm Destroyer, manufactured by Preston & Robira, of Galveston, aud I 
take pleasure in saying that I am perfectly satisfied with it. One applica- 
tion, which costs about 12^ cents an acre, did the work completely and now 
my cotton on both farms is clear of worms, and I am sanguine of making a 
fine crop, but for the use of the poison J believe my cotton would have been 
eaten up. I have also been on Capt. James Thompson's farm since he ap- 
plied the poison, and the result there is the same. His cotton and mine 
now look perfectly healthful and very thrifty and no worms exist in my 
cotton. I believe, from my experience, and from what I have learned from 
Dr. A. T. Morris, who has used it for the past three years in Brazoria 
county, that a very large crop of cotton can be raised throughout the 
State if the farmers will use this great invention. 

Respectfully, 

JOHN T. MILLER, 

Austin, Texas, July 28, 1877. 



Liberty, Texas, July 30, 1S77. 

Messrs. Preston & Robira, Gahrsion : 

Gentlemen, The cotton worms are very numerous in our country, and 
your Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer we ordered from you lias been freely 
used. We are pleased to state tliat wliere it lias been carefully applied 

IT HAS PROVED A SUCCESS BEYOND A DOUBT, 

though we are satisfied it should be applied when the worms first appear on 
the cotton. 

Some of the farmers suggest that it be put up in tin cans, as in many 
cases the paper boxes get wet and fall to pieces. 

We will report again soon. We expect to use it more freely next mouth, 
should the worms appear. 

Very respectfully, 

J. D. SKINNER & BRO. 

The following certificate given voluntarily b}^ a number of intelligent 
and reliable German planters, who have tried the Texas Cotton Worm De- 
stroyer, was published in the Texas Volksbote, of August 2d, 1877 : 

Brenham, August 1st, 1877. 

Mr. Fischer, Brenham : 

We, the undersigned, here state that we have bought of you, and used the 
"Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer," and declare that, as a remedy against 
the cotton caterpillar, we prefer it to every other, being entirely efficacious 
in destroying the worm, while by its use the plant is not damaged, so long 
as it is used as directed. We have mixed it in cold water. 
JULIUS GRABON, FR. LUCK, WM. SHUTHER, 

WM. DAMHAUS, HENRY GRABON, ANDREW BALS, 

WM. KORFF, R. KRUG. 

BOLIVAR HEARD FROM : 

Bolivar Point, August 8, 1877. 

Messrs. Preston & Robira : 
Gents — Your 

TEXAS COTTON WORM DESTROYER, 
has again proved successful under the most unfavorable circumstances. 

IT RAINED NEARLY EVERY DAY 

while I was applying it to my cotton. I DOUBLED THE DOSE and 
went right ahead RAIN OR SHINE, and the result is that to-day I have as 
BEAUTIFUL COTTON, as there is on the coast. There is no doubt in my 
mind, whatever, that you have one of the 



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BEST COTTON WORM DESTROYERS 
wlieii properly aud timely applied that there is IN THE WORLD. 

Very truly, yours, 

A. J. JOHNSON. 

The East Texas Patron, Crockett, Texas, of August 9th, 1877, published 
the following interesting editorial and certificate : 

COTTON. 

The extraordinary interest, at this time manifested in the fate of the 
growing crop of cotton by the press throughout the whole country, as well 
as by all classes of our citizens here at home, attests the all importance 
of this staple as bearing upon our well being under our existing system of 
agriculture. Say what we will of cotton, and object as we may to its ex- 
tensive culture to the almost entire exclusion of all other crops to which 
we may look, in order to replenish our empty purses, yet, as matters now 
stand, the fact exists that the farmer, if he want money, must get it through 
the medium of the cotton bales which his field yield him. In ten at least 
of these Southern States, the greaterpart of the labor, mental and physical, 
of the agricultural class has, during the last seven months, been employed 
in developing the present cotton crop. This crop under ordinarily favorable 
circumstances would realize about two hundred millions of dollars. Destroy 
the cotton crops and with it goes, we may say, this vast sum from the pockets 
of the famous merchants, professional men, and all other classes of our 
population. This accounts for the interest which we all feel in its safety. 
The financial hopes of all depend upon it. The wonder is that there is not 
more intense anxiety shown in regard to the subject. Our merchants are 
deeply interested. They have already advanced largely on the present 
crop, and their future business depends upon it. They should therefore 
make arrangements, so as to be able to furnish in due time the means of 
saving the crop, if such is possible. 

The article of Dr. Cannon which we have copied in this issue of our 
paper shows that the proper application of the preparation of Preston &, 
Robira will destroy the destroyer of the cotton crop. The merchants of 
Moscow, with a view no doubt to their own interest as well as that of the 
farmer, have wisely made arrangements to furnish the poison to all whose 
crops are threatened by the worms. Would not a similar course on the 
part of our merchants be advisable just now ? From present indications the 
time to act has arrived, and we believe the merchants of Crockett, when 
they have considered the subject, will not be behind those of any other 
place in the State, but will promptly meet the requirements of the situation 
to the extent of their ability. 

THE COTTON WORM CAN BE DESTROYED. 
We give for the benefit of our readers the following communication, ad- 
dressed by Dr. Cannon, a well known physician of Moscow, to the Moscow 



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Review. In alludiDg to this communicatiou tlie Review says, "The Doctor 
speaks of what he has actually seen." "It is no guess." "The cotton 
worm can be destroyed," etc. His suggestions in regard to using it for the 
destruction of the miller, as well as the worm is worthy of consideration. 

**I have been solicited by several farmers to give the result of my ex- 
periments with the Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer, put up by Preston 4' 
BoMra, of Galveston. On last Thursday, the 26th, I applied the poison to 
about six acres of cotton in the morning. The first mixture contained 
about 4 ounces of the poison, about 25 pounds of dirty sugar to 26 gallons 
of water, this was put on about li acres of cotton, with the fountain 
pump ; on the other 4i acres of the 6, the mixture was made according to 
the printed instructions, viz : 4 ounces to 40 gallons of water, with the 
addition of one gallon syrup; this applied to 1 acre of cotton. The worms 
disappeared on the 6 acres before night, and the cotton was not injured 
any, not even specked. I put the same amount of poison to about 4 acres 
on the morning of the same day and that night came a light shower of rain ; 
the next day Mr. Tackaberry and I examined the cotton that was poisoned 
in the morning. But very few worms visible, all we did see seemed to be 
sick, or lying on the leaf in a dormant state ; and on the 4 acres poisoned 
in the evening, some of the worms seemed to be affected, but others were 
lively, apparently unaffected by the poison. We supposed the rain had 
washed the poison from the cotton before the worm got it. To this latter 
piece of cotton I have again applied the poison, and this time I put 6 ounces 
of the poison, one gallon of syrup to 42 gallons water, and the worms have 
all disappeared from the cotton. My conclusions are that the farmer has 
it in his power to control the worm. The addition of the syrup or some- 
thing sweet prevents the poison from killing the cotton, and also furnishes 
food for the worm and the miller or fly, they will suck it on the leaf and 
die there. 

Mr. S. Bergman witnessed the application of the poison and noted the 
effect on the cotton, as well as on the worm. We observed the worm ap- 
parently sucking the sweetened water, they seemed fond of it, and could 
be seen, wherever the leaf was wet lying with their heads to it as if suck- 
ing it. I have known syrup and honey used for many years to attract the 
miller and catching them in water while sucking it, and the water made 
^weet with syrup or honey when dried on plant resembles honey -dew. At 
night it is moistened by the dew and affords food for the fly every night 
and morning. I would advise all those who intend using the poison, to 
use syrup, sugar or honey with it. Make the water sweet and always 
make it strong enough with the poison to kill the worms. I do not believe 
6 ounces to 40 gallons of water when sweetened, will kill the plant, and 
believe it will be more sure to destroy the worm. Try it. 

J. J. Canon. 

The following certificate in relation to the success of this death dealing 
drug is from gentlemen of well known standing and ability. 

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Austin, TexAS, August 17, 1877. 

Editor Democratic Statesman: 

On the 16th of August, in company with other gentlemen, we visited 
several farms in this vicinity, upon which experiments have been made in 
the cotton fields with Preston & Rohira's Cotton Worm Destroyer. The 
plantations of G. H. Burditt, J. J. Osborne and W. M. Dunson were 
visited successfully. The preparation had been distributed over the fields 
of each of these, and in neither instance was the crop harmed or lessened 
in productiveness by the destructive worms. On one place, that of Mr. 
Osborne, alternate rows of cotton, at some distance from one another were 
left untouched by the poison. From every stalk, in these rows every leaf 
was stripped, and the cotton valueless, and producing nothing, while the 
rest of the field flourishes and a fair crop will be gathered from it. These 
farmers say that the poison prepared by Preston & Robira will accomplish 
all that is claimed for it, and they authorize us to use their names in assert- 
ing the great value of the worm-destroying preparation, compounded by 
the gentlemen named above. One farmer in the neighborhood who had 
used a small quantity of the preparation, said that it availed him little or 
nothing ; but when he saw the fields of Messrs, Burditt, Osborne and 
Dunson, he confessed that he was peculiarly unfortunate and that the crops 
of his three neighbors had been saved by the Preston & Robira preparation. 
But the facts are notorious. Every cotton planter in the vicinity of these 
plantations, above designated, has seen and confesses the value of the ap- 
plication of this poison, and the demand for it must grow with the extended 
knowledge of its value, and the prevention of the ravages of the cotton 
caterpillar may be certainly effected. If farmers reading this statement of 
simple facts, would test the value of the preparation, they should address 
Messrs. Alvey or Tobin of this city, for the mediciue and refer to the under- 
signed for particulars : 

J. J. Osborne, T. H. Burditt, W. M. Dunson, Capt. J. Thompson, John T. 
Miller, A. T. Morris, T. C. Thompson, late wholesale druggist of Galveston, 
and now of the firm of Fiulay & Thompson, New Orleans. 

ScHULENBERG, Texas, Aug. Ist, 1877. 

Messrs. Preston & Robira, Galveston : 

Gentlemen, — Your Worm Destroyer has been thoroughly tested by 
mauy of our customers. All agree that for killing the worm, and at thg 
same time leaving the plant in good condition it excels everything else tried- 
hut all agree that two measures are required to the acre making it too ex- 
pensive when compared with other poisons. Could this preparation be 
put up at a less cost and retain its present strength it would stand without 
a rival. 

Yours, truly, 

W. F. Upton. 



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In receipt of the foregoing letter, to meet tlie views of tlie writer, Messrs^ 
Preston & Robini made a reduction of one half in the price of their prepara- 
tion : The Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer. 

Hackberry, Lavaca Co., Texas, 
July mil, 1877. 

3IESSRS, Preston & Robira, Galveston : 

Gentlemen, — Enclosed please find order for $375 50-100 on Messrs. Heyck 
<fc Helferich, which you will please collect and put to my credit on account. 

The Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer has proved to be a success, when 
sprinkled on cotton plants, strewn over with young worms, which of course 
is the proper time, but as in the most cases the farmers are not promptly 
ready for the work, it has become the settled opinion among our farmers 
that it takes one and a half measures to a barrel of water to give sufficient 
strength, now as it is calculated that 25 cents buys poison for one acre, it 
would need a measure one and half times the size and a package correspond- 
ing to give full satisfaction. 

Very respectfully, yours, 

L. E. Neuhaus. 

Bolivar Point, Texas, Se2}t. 1st, 1877. 

Messks. Preston & Robira : 

Gents, — This is the third year that I have used your Texas Cotton Worm 
Destroyer, and have never yet failed to save my crop, as my merchant Mr. 
Muckle of your city can testify by the amount of cotton that I shipped to 
him, while my neighbors, who did not use your poison, lost their entire 
crops. The result has been very marked this year, the worms were thicker 
than I ever saw them before, I had to apply the poison two or three times. 
It rained every day while I was using the poison, I had to double the 
amount, went right ahead, and tilled all the worms without injury to 
the cotton whatever. One of my neighbors, Frank Lindtner, who lives 
only a mile or so from me who did not use the poison, had his crop entirely 
eaten up by the worms. Just above him Mr. Albert Plummer used your 
poison and saved his entire crop. Adjoining his field Mr. H. M. Powell has 
a farm, did not use the poison, had the best part of his crop destroyed by 
the worms, all those who have timely and properly applied your poison 
have fally agreed that you have the best remedy for destroying the cotton 
worm, boll worm, etc., that has been or perhaps ever will be invented. 

Truly yours, 

A. J. Johnson. 

Industry, Texas, Aug. 9th, 1877. 

Messrs. Preston & Robira, Galveston : 
Gentlemen,— Enclosed find seventy-five dollars on Kauftman & RunyCi 



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of your city against your invoice 28bli inst. Your Texas Cotton Worm 
Destroyer lias proven a success and Las gained a reputationjover this whole 
country. 

Yours, truly, 

G, Hennings. 

Cedar Bayou, Texas, July 30i/i, 1877. 
Messrs. Peeston & Robira, 178 Marhtt St., Galveston : 

Gentlemen, — Your Cotton Worm Destroyer that we bought July 26th, 
is a " dead shot." We want more but cannot tell how much exactly. 
Wont you let us have 601bs. on same terms as before (we will pay now ^ 
and give us the privilege of returning what we do not use. 

Yours, truly, 

C. F. Ilfrey. 

Pike Koad, Montgomery Co., Ala. 
July 18th, 1877. 

This is to certify that I used Mcssrn. Preston & Eobira's Texas Cotfcon 
Worm Destroyer on my lands last year (1876), and I declare it the best 
Worm Destroyer that I have ever used. 

N. D. Barnett. 

Pike Road, Ala., July, I8th, 1877. 
This is to certify that I saw Messr?. Preston & Robira's Texas Cotton 
Worm Destroyer used on Mr. N. D. Barnett's plantation in 1876, and I think 
it decidedly the best Worm Destroyer I have ever seen used. 

J. C. Carter. 

CONCLUSION. 

Having shown that there are fatal objections to the use of all other 
compounds for the destruction of the cotton worm, in their uncertainty, 
danger, unreliability, and costliness, we commend to public trial the Texas 
Cotton Worm Destroyer, which is cheap, certain, and harmless, satisfied 
that no planter who uses it once will ever fear the cotton worm. 

This great friend of the cottou planter is manufactured by the 

LODI CHEMICAL WORKS, OFFICE 152 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK. 

PRESTON & ROBIRA, 

Galveston, Texas, 
General Agents for the United States. 

It is for sale by 

H. J. RIVET, ^ 

FInLaY ^THOMPSON, f^^^^ Orleans. 
E. J. HART & CO. J 
J. W. HALE, 

JONES & CAREY, I Montgomery, Ala. 

CAWTHORN & COLEMAN, Selma, Ala, 



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Either of the agents uamed will supply orders for the Texas Cotton 
Worm Destroyer, at 50 cents per pound (sufficient for four barrels of 
water) and make a liberal discount to those who purchase to sell again. 

The following interesting letters recently received, we submit as a con . 
elusion to our work, which we trust may prove valuable to planters 
throughout the South. 

Cold Springs, Texas, March, 23rd, 1878. 
J. Curtis Waldo Esq., New Orleans: 

Dear Sir, — In answer to your circular of December 1st, 1877, I beg 
leave to state my experience with cotton, and the cotton worm. 

I have watched the growth of cotton and its attendant ills, for the last 20 
years, and have been directly interested in its cultivation for the past 
twelve years. The first time I was affected with the caterpiller was in 
1865 after my return from the army, but little damage was done however 
in that year. The next was in 1867 when the whole crop was totaly des- 
troyed and out of two hundred acres planted I gathered nothing. We 
then attributed it to the wet season which prevailed in this section at the 
time. 

And just here I may mention that it is my impression after years of con- 
nection with different farmers, and my own observation that a wet season 
we are more apt to have these worms, than of a hot dry season. The only 
sign that I am aware of is the egg deposited on the leaf before their ap- 
pearance, and the smell (when once become acquainted with never for- 
gotten) which is emitted from the field before any worm can be discovered , 
unless by the most watchful " observer." 

When they are discovered in their most diminutive state, an application 
of poison, in some form, is the only preventative that I know of, which 
must be applied at intervals, as they generally make their appearance at 
different times in the space of three weeks; or, in other words, web up 
and hatch out again in that space of time. The first crop, as it is under- 
stood, does little harm, except furnishing a supply of eggs for the second 
and third crops. 

I think after eating, many fall on the ground after obtaining their full 
growth and go into the ground and there remain in the shape of a " cocoon " 
or " chrysalis," and I have seen hundreds of them plowed up in the spring 
when preparing the ground for planting. 

I have used none of the remedies named in your circular except the 
" Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer." In 1876 I used that article on 20 acres 
of cotton, which the worms had begun to make a little ragged. It proved 
a perfect success with one application with fountain pump ; the balance 
of the cotton on the place was entirely destroyed by the worms, whereas 
this bloomed and bore until frost. 

In 1877 I again applied the remedy with partial success. In this I retarded 

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the worms about four weeks and had I applied the second time, which was 
prevented by sickness, I feel confident I could have saved the crop, yet I 
will say the worms applied themselves more vigorously in 1877 than any 
year since 1867, which you will observe, has been an era of just ten years, 
now whether we are to be exempt for another ten years, time alone can 
tell. 

Lastly, I will say that anything like Paris-green and Arsenic that can be 
put on the cotton without destroying it, and can be retained on the leaf, 
will kill the worms, yet many of the remedies used are also destructive to 
stock, and may be injurious to persons in ginning, &o. 

I am, very respectfully, 

JAMES E. HADEN. 

Galveston, March 18t1i, 1878. 

Mr. Cuimis Waldo, No. 46 Camp Street, N. 0. : 

Dear Sir,— Your communication as to the cultivation of cotton and 
practical experience in destroying the cotton worm is before me. My first 
recollection of the cotton caterpillar was I think in 1844 or 1846 when I 
saw them destroying the crops in September on Ashley river, some twelve 
miles from Charleston, S. C, and on the Sea Islands contiguous ; in fact 
that year they were pretty much over all the low country — from then 
until October, 1859, when I moved to Brazoria Co., Texas, I heard or saw 
nothing of them, I saw a few there on the Moner Plantation, some 9 
miles from Columbia, but they were few, not sufficient to attract attention. 
In the latter part of September, 1861, they were in countless numbers, 
I have never seen them in greater numbers since — there was not a green 
leaf in the county : however the crop was already made and no injury 
sustained by the planter. I think it was not until 186.5 that they appeared 
again, and destroyed the crops entirely ; in July, it may have been in 1864, 
but having misplaced a memorandum book cannot be certain. Since then 
we have had the worm more or less every season to the partial or entire 
destruction of the crops. 

In reply to your questions : 

I have been planting cotton for 20 years. I first saw the cotton 
caterpillar in 1844 or 1846. A moist atmosphere is congenial and conducive 
to the worm, and they prevail to the greatest extent in wet seasons causing 
the plant to be tender and luxuriant. My experience is that with a wet 
May and June the worm is certain. The gum is left in the ground and 
fence corners, (in the " cocoon") which hatch out in spring and propogate 
rapidly, as the season may be favorable or otherwise. I have often thought 
of the cause of their increase and yearly visitation since the war and at^ 



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tribute it to lato ploughing and weedy fields, for grassy fields and poor 
cultivation has been the order since the war. 

I have known Arsenic used with effect; but with the very best result, 
Paris Green and the Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer, which I think has 
become most popular both as to the practicability of its application and 
satisfactory results. 

Very respectfully, 

C. M. Desel. 
Hearne, Texas, March 19, 1878. 

Mr. J. Curtis Waldo, Neiv Orleans. 

Deah Sir : — Yours containing interrogations with regard to " Cotton 
Worm " is at hand. What I know is worth but little, but hoping you may 
from a multitude of witnesses, come to some valuable conclusion, I answer : 

1. Twenty-six years in Texas. 

2. Some six years. 

3. I think the atmosphere has but little to do. I have seen them in 
extreme drouths and heat. In very dry weather they work slower. 

4. I know of no signs except the appearance of the moth. 

5. Am unable to say where the germ is left. 

6. No. 

7. Yes, I have used Paris-green and if it is used thoroughly, it will kill 
the worm, but I have several objections to it : 1st, it is dangerous to use : 
2d, it is too expensive ; 3d, it is too much expense and trouble to apply it 
I have used the Texas preparation, by Messrs. Preston & Robira, with the 
best results, and I think the only practical article yet discovered, it being a 
preparation of arsenic perfectly soluble in water and entirely harmless 
outwardly. 

My opinion is that we should make efforts to destroy the moths before 
the eggs are deposited, as but few planters can be induced to apply any 
remedy sufficiently, after the worm appears. Giving this hastily for what 
it is worth, I am yours, etc., 

CHARLES LEWIS. 




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The BEST WATCH in the World. 



IVe are Sole Agents in this City for what we honestly 
helieve to he the lest Watch ever constructed. On applica- 
tion we ivill send descriptive circulars^ proving our asser- 
tion. 

—ALSO- 
AMERICAN WATCHES, Silver Cased, at $10 and upward. 

Gold 35 

A. B. GRISWOLD & CO.. 

Cor. CANAL and ROYAL STREETS, 
NEW ORLEANS. LA. 



GREAT JACKSON ROUTE 
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans R. R. 

NEW OHLEAITS TO CAIRO, 111., 

S48 MILES. 

The New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern and Mississippi 
Central Railroads are now consolidated under the above name and worked 
under one management,'and the line is being improved up to the highest 
standard. Its reconstruction has been progressing daring the past year 
and a half, and it is in a better condition, both in track and equipment, 
than ever before. 20,000 tons of steel rails have been laid, 200,000 ties 
renewed, and over 5,000 feet of bridging rebuilt. Construction and gravel 
trains are constantly at work, smoothing and ballasting the road-bed. This 
work will be continued, without regard to expense, until the entire line is 
renewed, and the phrase " A First Class Road," so often misapplied, belongs 
to it without contradiction. 

In consequence of the improvements made, the speed of Passenger 
Trains will be greatly increased this season. Fast time, new and elegant 
coaches, and long runs of sleeping cars, are the attractions now offered 
to the business and pleasure travel of New Orleans and the country along 
the line. 

G^TWO DAILY TRAINS^ 

Each way, without change of sleeping cars, run between New Orleans and 
Cairo, St. Louis, Chicago, Louisville aod Cincinnati, and but 

ONE CHANGE TO NEW YORK, 

and all the principal eastern cities. 

EXCIJHSIOM TICKETS 

Good until November Ist, to Niagara Falls, Waukesha, Ocoromowoc and the 
numerous and beautiful summer resorts of the Northwest, will be sold at 
the lowest rates. 

Call on us and satisfy yourselves as to the superiority of the 
Jackson Route before purchasing tickets to any p«int East or North. 

TICKET OFFICE, 22 CAMP STREET, Cor. of COMMON, 

NEW ORLEANS, 

F. CHANDLER, 
A. D. SHELDON, General Passenger Agent. 

Ticket Agent, New Orleans. 



WHITMAN'S FOUNTAIN PUMP. 

BEST WAY TO APPLY POISON TO COTTON. 

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, July 25, 1877. 
We tried the Fountain Pump last year and think it the best way to apply 
the pois >n to cotton. R. & J. McLESTER. 

Charleston, S. C, July 26, 1877. 
I exhibited the pump in the presence of a number of the most successful 
planters (the cotton plant being about five feet high). They pronounce it a 
success. A. HASELL HEYWOOD. 



Snowdoun, Alabama, March 20, 1877. 
I ordered a pump of you last summer which arrived just in time to be used 
against the Cotton Caterpillar. It performed admirably. 

HAMILTON M. McINTYRE. 

SAVE THE COTTON GIN HOUSES FROM FIRE. 
" The aggregate loss to the South by the burning of gin-houses every 
season must amount to a large percentage of the value of the entire crop. 
In Georgia alone, nearly twenty houses with their contents have been 
destroyed." — Savannah Advertiser. 

COTTON G^I^NT nOXJSE SjWED. 

Covington, Tenn., Nov. 22, 1875. 
Please send me one more of your Fountain Pumps. We have two of your 
pumps in this place, the use of which extinguished a fire in the Lint Room 

of a steam Cotton Gin. C. N. McFADDEN, 

Galveston, Texas, Sept. 12, 1876. 
We have discovered, by personal experience that the Fountain Pump is 
the best instrument for applying ours or any other poison in solution. 

PRESTON & BOBIRA, 
Proprietor's Texa ' Cotton Worm Destroyer. 

Oxford, N. C, Dec. 11, '77. 
We have just had a fire in our 
town, and used the pump you sent 
us in June to great advantage. In- 
deed we think it would have been a 
very disastrous fire had it not 
been for the pump. We think 
every family in a country village 
or town should have at least one. 

H. C. & W. G. HENDRON. 

/\/0 DWELLING, 

COUNTRY HOME, 

OR FACTORY 

Should be without the Fountain 
Pump. 

Send for Illustrated Circuliar. 




J. A. WHITMAN, 

Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer, 



Providence, 



R. I. 
I . 




Corner Cami> and. Grravier Streets, IVew Orleans, 
SELLING AGENT FOR LOUISIANA. 



Dr. W. BILLE, 

Office : 196 Canal Street, 

Betweeu DEYADES and RAMPART STS., 
NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

" Liipotency," Seminal Weakness, Nervous Debil- 
ity, either caused by abuse or age, permanently cured 
and full sexual power restored. No man is too old 
and no young man too debilitated that he cannot be 
completely restored by Dr. Bille's treatment. 

Private Diseases and all Diseases of the Genito- 
urinary Organs treated after a new sure and quick 
method. 

Female diseases treated with greatest success. Dr. 
Bille is a graduate from Copenhagen, Denmark, for 
several years assistant physician to Professor Ricord, 
Paris, and has practiced for the last 10 years in New^ 
Orleans, where he has obtained a great reputation for 
skill, knowledge and success in his specialties. It is 
a fact well-known and to which hundreds of the best 
citizens will testify, that Dr. Bille never promises to 
cure without fulfilling his promise to the letter, and also, 
that he keeps the secrets of his patients strictly sacred. 

Consultations and communications strictly con- 
fidential. All letters must contain postage stamp for 
answer. , 

OFFICE HOURS FROM 9 A. M. TO 7 P. M. 

Dr. W. BILLE, 

196 CANAL STREET, 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



THE SINGER SEWIl MjCHIIiE, 

ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL TO BE THE BEST, 

Is now sold at Lower Priees tliau any First Class Macliine in tlie Market. 

BEWARE OF WORTHLESS 

IMITATION MACHINES. 

Oflered by second-hand dealers and others as the Improved Singer Machine . 




None genuine without the above Trade Mark on the arm of ti e Machine, 
directly over the stich-regalator. 

The Singer Manufacturing Company have but one office in the city of 
New Orleans. 

No. 85 CANAL STREET. 

No second hand machine dealer has the New Genuine Singer Machine 
for sale. Those they offer are either bogus, or old ones painted over to deceive- 

The fad that the only Seiving Machine unscrupulous 
men have ever attempted to imitate^ is the Singer, is sufficient 
evidence of its superiority over all others. There is no 
longer any excuse for buying any of the cheap machines 
hazvked about the country, tvith no claim for patronage but 
their cheapness. 

Send for Circular. , 

ADDRESS 

The Singer Manufacturing Co., 

No. 85 CANAL STEEET, 



H. ZUBERBIER. WM. J. BEHAN. 

ZUBERBIER & BEHAN. 



(Successors to Schneider & Zaborbier.) 



WHOLESALE GROCERS 



-AND 



9, 11 L 13 Tchoupitoulas Strsst 

AND 

52, 54, 56 and 58 COMMON STREET, 

SEED STORE, 

NO. 98 GRAVIER STREET, 

NEW ORLEANS. 

E. F. VIE^IN, 



Dr. A. de BAUSSET, 

229 CANAL STREET, NEW ORLEANS. 

Electricity a certain cure in numerous deseases, Epilepsy, Nervous 
Debility, Cerebral Softening, Spinal Irritation, Spasms, and troubles of 
the Womb, Rheumatism, Arthritic, muscular and chronic, Hydrocele, Palsy 
in every form, Gout, Enlarged Joints, all which have a general character, 
and are either affections of parts deeply seated, or consist of depositions 
and enjargements, as in glands and joints. 

City and country physicians are informed that Dr. de Bausset, at 
his Dispensary, No. 229 Canal street, is prepared to supply their patients 
with electricity, under such instructions as they may deem necessary. 
Patients from the country may be provided with good aecommodations, 

mW ORLEANS 

FLOURING MILLS, 

WEBSTER & DILLINGHAM, 
Nos. 82 & 84 PETERS, & 22 & 24 COMMERCE Sts. 

Manufacturers of the HIGHEST GRADE OF FLOUR by the New Process, 
specially adapted for CITY TRADE AND EXPORT. 

GRAHAM FLOUR constantly on hand, fresh ground daily. 

Flour delivered to all parts of the city. 

Fresh ground Bran, Shorts, Shipstutfs and Screepiugs constantly on 
hand at lowest rates. 

^HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOR WHEAT.^ 
ESTABLISHED 1322. 

A. BALDWIN & CO., 

Successor to Slocomb, Baldwin & Co., 

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, 

Agents U. S. Metallic Cartridge Company. 
REMINGTON BREECH-LOADING GUNS AND RIFLES. 
74 CANAL, and 91 and 95 COMMON St., adjoining City Hotel, 
NEW ORLEANS. 



RICE, BORN & CO-, 

SO and Ol iJJLMl^ SXK^EET, 

Branch Store, 597 Magazine Street, Warehouses, 142, 145, 147 Magazine St. 
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN 

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 

HARDWARE, CUTLERY, 

EDGE TOOLS, IRON, NAILS, CASTINGS, GRATES, ETC., 
Tinners' Stock, Tools and Machines, Coopers' Tools, House Furnishing 
goods of every Description. Manufacturers of Tin and Japan Ware. 



ROBT. E. LEE 

SALE AND FEED STABLES 

131 BARONNE ST., NEW ORLEANS 

ALFORD, MARTIN & CO., 

DEALERS IN 

Kentucky Mules and Horses, 

Respectfully solicits a call from buyers. 
The Oldest Establishment of the kind in New Orleans, 



J. C. iMORRIS, 

Nos. 42 and 44 TCHOUPITOULAS STREET 

Corner NATCHEZ ALLEY. 

CORD AGS, 

WOODENWARE, Wn,LOWWAEE, TINWARE, 

PAPER AND PAPER BAG WAREHOUSE.. 

NEW ORLEANS. 

L, J. DUFFY, 



24 BARONNE STREET, 

BETWEEN CANAL AND COMMON, 
NEW ORLEANS. 




Trunks made to order, Covered and Eepaired at tlie shortest notice. 



DEALER IN 



NEW ORLEANS. 



Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees. 



ST. CHARLES NURSERY, 

—BY— 

JOHN F. a WALDO, 

Cor. TALENCE and PRITANIA, 

SIXTH DISTRICT. 

ORANGE TREES, 

All sizes, Grafted and Seedlings, in quantities to suit. Grafted Orange and 
Lemon Trees in pots. 

All the popular Southern Plants at reduced prices. 

CAMELLIAS, HIBISCUS, 
KOSES, SWEET OLIVES, 

LILLIES, MAGNOLIAS, 
GERANIUMS, PITTOSPORUMS, 
ACACIAS. JESSAMINES, 
SHRUBBERY, VINERY, ETC. 

Plants pacted so as to insure their perfect safety. Orders from the 
country attended to carefully and with dispatch, 

CITY DEPOT: 



NO. 6 CARONDELET STREET, 

NEW ORLEANS. 



THOS. SIMMS. LIONEL C. LEVY. 

THOS, SIMMS & LEVY, 

(Successors to BISCOE & SIMMS) 

WHOLESALE GROCERS, 

AND DEALERS IN 

17 and 19 PETERS STREET, 

Between COMMON & GRAVIER Sts. 



BE^4lUTIF'Y YOTTll HOMES 

RAISE YOUR OWN GARDEN VEGETABLES. 



R. MAITRE, 

602 MAGAZINE STREET, NEW ORLEANS, 

DEALER IN 

FRESH AND RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS, 

And the most choice Bulbs, Flower Seeds, House Plants and Roses 
always on hand. Wax and Paper Materials for the preparation of Artificial 
Flowers. Send for De8cri;ptive Catalogue and Price List 

F. E. HAEDON, 

DEALER IN 

MILLINERY U^l GOODS, 




Nos. 27 and 29 
CH^HTRES St., 

NEAR CUSTOMHOUSE, 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



Dr. J. W. HALLISY'S 

MANDATE OF HEALTH, 




Bj Laboratory : 45 S. RAMPAET ST. 



The Greatest Remedy 

OF THE Jk^OE. 

AN INTERNAL ANO EXTERNAL MEOIGINE, 
Guaranteed to Cure CHOLERA, 
CHOLEEA MORBUS. 

Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Bloody Flux, in 
one day. 

Colic and Cramps in four minutes. 

Sore Throat, in fifteen minutes. 

Headache, Earache, Toothache, instant- 
ly. Neuralgia, in six minutea. 

Relieves Rheumatism, in one day. 

Pleurisy, in one day. 

Pain in the Back or feide, in five minutes. 
Coughs or Colds in one day. 

Asthma, Bronchial Atfections, Dyspep- 
sia, Liver, Liver Complaint, Palpitation 
of the Heart, Inflammation of the Kidneys, 
Piles and Erysipelas, Chills and Fever. 

RHEUMATISM ' 



M. H. APPLEGATE 



And Dealer In COOKING RANGES & BOILERS, 

BATH TUBS, 

WATER CLOSETS, 

WASHSTANDS, 

KITCHEN SINKS, 

LIFT All F01C1 PUMPS, ilLl PUMPS, 
Sheet Lead and Lead Pipe^ Brass and Plated Cocks, 

OF ALL PATTERNS. 

146 POTDRAS STREET, 



NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



HOLYLAND, 

EN&RAYEH & PRINTER, 

8 ST. CHARLES STREET, 
NEW ORLEANS. 

Homoeopathic Pharmacy, ANGELL & CO., 

No. 152 JULIA STBEET, NEW ORLEANS. 

Remedies for fever, Coughs, Croup, Asthma, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera, Dyspepsia, 
Billious and other prevalent complaints Camphor Pills for Colic, Diarrhoea, chills and 
Colds. Phosphorated Bitters for Debility, Nervousness and loss of tone. Price— Fifty 
Cents. For Chills and Fever, Nervous Debility, etc , Price each — One Dollar. 

Dr. RICHARD ANGELL, Sr., 

Homoeopatllic iPliai^iiiacy^ 

Continues his consulting and visiting practice as usual. 

OFFICE AND EESIDENCE: 

152 JULIA STREET, near Camp. 

Dr. S. M. liaELL, 

ALL FEMALE DISEASES A SPECIALTY. 
Office Hours— From 8 to 9 A. M , 2 to 4 and 6:30 to 7:30 P. M. 

No. 184 Julia Street 



Between St. Charles and Carondelet Streets. 
IJEW ORLEANS. 



Br. CHARLES F. ANGELL, 

'Successor to JNO, G. ANGELL. 

OFFICE AND RESIDENCE : 

186 JULIA STREET, near Carondelet. 



Mme. FRICKE, 
FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKING, 

179 CANAL STREET, NEW ORLEANS. 
Country orders promptly attended to free of charge. Constant receipt of latest styles. 

KURSHEEDT & BIENVENU, 
BUILDERS' HARDWARE, 

Grates, Tiles, Marble, Slate and Iron mantels. Monuments, Tombs, Head- 
stones and all kinds of Marble Work, 
114 & 120 CAMP STREET, NEW ORLEANS. 



p. A. MURRAY, 
CISTERN 

MAKER 

191 MACHZINE STREET, 191 





All Work warranted to give entire satisfaction. 

^NO CLAP-TRAP OR MACHINERY WORK^ 

Done at this establishment. These Cisterns will last good 25 to 35 years. 
A large assortment of Cisterns made of the best material and workmanship kept con- 
stantly on hand and for sale at 

Prices Cheaper than the Cheapest. 

All kinds made to order and repaired. Highest Premiums awarded at the two last 
Louisiana State Fairs, and at the Southern States Agricultural and Industrial Exposition 
of 1870. 

Grain Stills and all kinds of Distillery Cisterns made to 
order in tlie best possible manner. 
Bottoms are increased in thickness according to size of Cisterns. 

These Cisterns are made of the best Amite River and Stockton Cypress Lumber (free 
from Sap, Shakes, Worm holes, &c.), which is peculiarly adapted to Cisterns, being hard, 
close grained, and very durable ; it wiU last twice as long as the celebrated Tazoo or other 
soft cypress. The hoops are made of superior Band Iron, being put on in proportion to 
the pressure, strong at bottom and decreasing towards the top. 

The Bottoms which are always the first part of good Cisterns to decay, are coated on 
the lower side with a compound of the best wood preservative (manufactured to my order 
for my especial use). It prevents rot and dampness; worms and insects that are very 
destructive will not touch the preparation, which keeps the bottoms good and sound as 
long or longer than the rest of the Cistern, 

when Cisterns are shipped (knocked down), they are numbered and packed carefully 
(one or two Staves being sent extra), so there is not much trouble in putting them up 
again. 

No extra charges for putting up in the city or shipping to the country, packed or 
otherwise. 

j^'Orders respectfully solicited and promptly attended to. Send for Price List. 

DOM'T MISTAKE THE PLACE, 

There are other ciatern makers in the neighborhood. 

191 MAGAZINE STREET. 



SELLS THE BEST AND CHEAPEST 
At 14:1 POYDBAS STREET, 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

A FULL LINE OF KITCHEN FURNITURE. 

TIN AND SHEET IRON WORK MADE TO ORDER. 

Sail Maker and Cotton Duck Agent 

MANUFACTURER OF 

IIS POYDRAS STREET, 

NEAM CAMP, 

S. HERNSHEIM & BRO., 

IMPOETEES AND WHOLESALE DEALEES IN 

Cigars i Tobacco 

MAHUFAOTURBRS OF OICABS, 

And of tlie celebrated and unequaled Brands of 

"MY OWN" "DEFIANCE" and "OLD HIOKOEY'^ 

1 





Nos. 83 to 87 Gravier St., 

AND 

Nos. 28 to 30 Magazine St. 

NEW ORLEANS. 



GEEGG 

Sewing Machine Depot. 

ALL KINDS, LOWEST PRICES. 
154 CANAL STREET, 

NEW OELEANS. 



FOLGER & CO., 

DEALEES IN 

HAEDWAEE, TIN, 

NAILS, CORDAGE, 

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, 

Paints, Oils, Downes iVlineral Sperm Oil, 

DEPOT FOR 

A VERILL READY MIXED PAINTS, 
43 MAGAZINE STREET 

AND BA>K PLACE, N. 0. 



James M. Dowling 

WHOLESALE GROCER 



-AND— 



Commission Merchant 

AND DEALER IN 

WESTERN PRODUCE, 
21 Decatur St., New Orleans. 



A. Erkenbrecher's 

CINCINNATI 



SUPEEIOR 



stauch! 

STARCH! 



ESTABLISHED 1842. 

F. A. BEHAN, 

SOLE AGENT, 

No. 2 TCHOUPITOULAS St., 

NEW ORLEANS. 



A. A. BOHNE. 

369 DRYiDES STREET, 

NEW AND SECOND-HAND 

SCHOOL BOOKS, 

STATIONERY, 

MUSIC, ETC., 

Plenty of nice things for 

VERY LITTLE MONEY. 



SHIETS 

AND 

GENTS' FURNISHINGS, 



LOW PEICES 

AT 

LEIGHTON'S, 

CORNER 

CANAL & ST. CHARLES Sts. 



MAX BRAUN, 

DEALER IN 

STAPLE ai FiNCY DRY GOODS, 

WINDOW SHADES, 
CARPETING, 

MATTING, 

OIL CLOTHS, etc. 

611 MAGAZINE STREET, 

2d door from Josephine St., 
NEW ORLEANS. 



J. DIAMOND, 

COMMISSION MERCHANT, 

AND DEALER IN 

NortlierD ana Westeri Proflnce, 

98 Poydras St., near Magazine, 

NEW ORLEANS. 

Always on hand Flour, Beans, Pota- 
toes, Onions, Fruits, Poultry, 
Eggs, etc., etc. 

Spec'al attention given to the selection 
of Seed Potatoes. 



SIMPLE SCREW COTTON PRESS. 




H. DUDLEY COLEMAN & BRO., 
Manufacturers of Corn Mills & Wheat Mills, Cotton Presses & Saw Mills, 

Dealers in Steam Eng-ines, Cotton Gins and Machinery. 
12 UNION STREET AND 9 PERDIDO STREET. 

FACTORY, 205 TCHOUPITOULAS STREET, JiEW ORLEANS. 
Great reduction in prices of PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES, 



No. 10 UNION STBEET, NEW ORLEANS, 



.GENERAL AGENTS POK 



H. W.Jt NS^ PATENT. 



Consisting of ASBESTOS, the Wonderful Mineral, Inde- 
structible hj Fire or Acids. 

ASBESTOS EOOFING. 

Entirely different from any other now in use. "Water and acid proof, and when painted 
with white fire proof paint, indestriictible by fire ; light, cool, pretty, air tight, and suited 
to any roof, steep or flat, cheap and a perfect protection against fire. 

ASBESTOS CEMENT. 

For cementing joints and repairing leaky roofs. When properly applied guaranteed to 
stop leaks around doors, windows, chimneys, skylights, scuttles, etc., also on shingle, 
slate and metal roofs, which can be made air and water tight by its use. 

ASBESTOS CEMENT.— Eor cementing joints, in stone, wood, metals, etc., is of great 
value in repairing Fire Clay and other retorts, pipes, etc., which can by its use be made as 
perfect as when new- 

LIQUID ASBESTOS PAINTS. 
Combine and formed on entirely different principles from other liquid paints in the 
world, withstands without injury the action of salt water atmosphere. Hot sun and other 
tests under which all others even best white lead have failed. They possess a superior 
body, richness of color— and are second to none in the quality of spreading evenly over 
surfaces either rough or smooth. Especially valuable to factories, Eailroads and Iron 
Works, etc., for which they are the most durable paints in the world. They have an elas- 
ticity never before attained in the world by any paint or coloring matter. Here is what 
one of the oldest and best painters in the State says of them, one who has been an author- 
ity in Jackson for forty years on all subjects connected with his profession of house and 
decorative painting: 

•I have tested them fully, and am prepared to say that the Paints, which are of all 
colors and shades, and not only the cheapest but the best I have used in my experience as 
a painter for the last fifty years and the certificate in my possession as to 'the superiority 
of the E-oofing Material dispels all doubt on the subject. C. H. MANSHIP, Jackson, Miss- 
Asbestos Steam Pipe and boiler covering, perfect non conductor of heat, and fire proof 
covering and lining for steam and hot air rooms, locomotive, marine and other boiler sills, 
etc. This is the greatest invention for the economizing of heat known to practical ex- 
perience. 

Asbestos Bands, lining felt ; Asbestos Hair Eelt ; Asbestos Sheething ; Steam Packing, 
Vermin Proof Lining. 
Circulars and testimonials to satisfy the most skeptical, furnished by the agent. 



CIRCULATION OF THE ROYAL HERALD, 
DURING THE SEASON OF 1877-78, 26.750 COPIES. 

Office of L. Graham, Book and Job Printer, 73 Camp St., ? 

New Orleans, March 6, 1878. 3 
This is to certify, that during the season of 1877-78, 1 printed and delivered to J. Curtis 
Waldo, ten issues of the EOYAL HERALD, Official Journal of Carnival Court, and that 
in the ten issues there were Twenty- Six Thousand Seven Hundred arid Fifty Copies. 

L. GRAHAM, Book and Job Printer. 
Personally appeared before me. Second Justice of the Peace, for the Parish of Orleans. 
City of New Orleans, on this the 7th day of March, 1878, Lewis Graham, who being sworn 
deposes and says, that the foregoing instrument is true and correct. 

JOHN MoCORMICK, Second Justice of the Peace. 



Special Notice.— The first number of the Royal Herald for the season of 1878-79 
will be issued in November next, and the paper will be sent to any address, postage paid, 
for the entire season on receipt of twenty-five cents. 

The paper is considered /ree, this charge is made to cover the cost of mailing or deliver- 
ing it. 

Many persons at a distance have -WTitten to us requesting copies, which have always 
been sent, and no doubts hundreds would be glad to get the paper, and this announce- 
ment is made for their information and guidance. 

No effort will be spared to make the Royal Herald in the future, as it has been in the 
past, one of the attractions of the Carnival Season. 

Address all communications to 

J. CURTIS WALDO, Publisher, 46 Camp street, New Orleans. 



J. M. CESSAO, 
GIH-WRIGHT ^ MACHIHIST, 

AT'' FLOREJ^CE " SEWIJV'G MACBIJVE DEPOT, 
Office & Faclory at the Exposition Building, St. Ciiarles St. NEW ORLEANS. 



All kindt of COTTON GINS repaired promptly and at greatly reduced 
prices. Gin Saws, Ribs, Bristles, and all duplicate parts of Cotton Gins 
kept constantly on hand and for sale. 

Orders left at Eagle Cotton Gin and Machinery Depot 
of W L. Gushing, No. 61 St. Charles Street 
will meet with prompt attention. 

Persons knowing the precision and nicety of the work required in 
repairing Cotton Gins will see the advantage of having it done by a 
machinist who has for the past twelve years made it a specialty. 

BOX NO. 40, N. O. Post Office, 

J. A. BLAFFEU L CO., 

COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 

A/\/D WHOLESALE DEALERS IN 

|(ici^, %^p, 

Wmmt mi iiiiilltrs^ iiipii% 

52 GRAVIEB STREET, 

New Orleans. 



LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES 
ON CONSIGNMENTS OF RICE AND COUNTRY PRODUCE 



THE GIANT OF COTTON COMPRESSES. 

MORSE IMPROVED TYLER. 

Uiiparalled Success ! Ten Built and put in Operation 
in the last Six Months ! Seven in this City ! 

The forty years' use of the TYLER PRESS proves 
its principle superior to all others. The Morse im- 
provements add fifty per cent, to its economy and 
effective power. 

The cylinder, placed above and out of 
the way, can be enlarged to any size 
without spreading the frame, securing 
remarkable COMPACTNESS and DUR- 
ABILITY. 

The ingenious shape of rack and 
sectors gives an IMMENSE and PRO- 
GRESSIVE LEVERAGE, securing 
better results with 100 lbs. steam than 
others with 140, SAVING TEN TO 
EIFTEEN DOLLARS PER DAY IN 
EUEL, two boilers being ample for our 
largest presses. 

It is least liable to get out of order 
because so perfectly simple in construc- 
tion. 

Its free piston alone 
gives it 25 per cent, 
of power. By an 
ingenious shape of 
the channel bars 
nearly all the slack 
of the ties is taken 
up. 

In' short, it has 
the unanimous in- 
dorsement of all 
first-class engineers 
and pressmen as a 
marvel of simi'li- 

CITY, STRENGTH, 
DURABILITY, ECONO- 
MY and POWER. 
The Morse Presses 
reduce a bale of or- 
dinary size to six 

inches in the press ! and are the only presses that fully meet the demands of the Bg®« 
Their marvelous success and prodigious power may be daily seen at the following presses in 
this city: ORLEANS, FACTORS', LOUISIANA, PENN'S, PLANTERS, CANAL 
STREET and LIVERPOOL. 
New Presses wanted for the opening of next season's business should be ojdered at once. 
Apply to or address 

STEERS & MORSE, Patentees and Contracting Builders, 

185 GRAVIER STREET, NEW ORLAEXS. 
EXTRAORDINARY COMPRESSING, 

The new Morse compresses erected in this city during the present season are producing 
astonishing results, by way of largely increased cargoes of cotton from this port. 

The ship Mary E. Riggs, of 1277 tons American register (1226 British,) has just received 
a cargo of 5400 bales of cotton, weighing 2,-568,640 pounds ; making 2011 per ton American 
and2U95 tbs per ton British measurement. 

The first cargo of this ship from this port was 3740 bales ; the last and largest (pre- 
vious to the present one) was 4364 bales, weighing 1,943,498 pounds. Her present cargo of 
5400 bales exceeds her largest previous cargo 1036 bales, or 625,142 pounds. With freight 
at one cent per pound and five per cent, primage the value of this increase, for this me- 
dium sized vessel, is about $6600. This cargo was compressed without the advantage of 
a "Tie Puller," in the ordinary course of business, by the Eactors' Press, one of the 
seven large Morse compresses recently erected in New Orleans by S. B. Steers & Co. 

The only cargoes of single bales approximating this one, are the following : 

The Minnie H, Gerow (1304 tons American) last season, from the Champion Press, 
2,481.790—1903 IKsperton measurement. 

The Western Empire (1399 tons American register) last season, from the Champion 
Press, 2022 per ton. 

The Minnie H- Gerow this season, from the International Press (Taylor hydraulic, 
64-inch cylinders), 2,644,906—2028 pounds per ton. 

But in all these cargoes of 1903, 2022 and 2028 per ton measurement, the pullers were 
used, for which is claimed an advantage of 20 per cent. 

If the present cargo of the Mary E. Riggs had had this advantage, her 2011 pounds per 
ton American, and 2095 British, would have been 2413 and 2514 per ton— or say 20 per cent- 
larger than any cargo of single bales ever cleared in this country. 

The Mary E. Riggs' largest previous cargo of 4,364 bales averaged only 445 lbs per bale. 
Present cargo of 5400 averages 476, Gain in bales is therefore over 1 400 instead of 1076. 




LOUISIANA 

STEAM 

SASH, BLIND & DOOR 

Nos. 299, 301, 303, 305 & 307 aEAVIER ST., 

NEW ORLEANS. 




implantation Cabins a Specialty.'^! 



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TCHOUPITOULAS STREET, 
NEW OELEANS, LA. 



We offer to the trade a full and complete assortment of 

PURE AND FRESH DRUGS, 

CHEMICALS,! PAINTS, 

OILS, VARNISHES, 

DYE STUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, 

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Fall lines of Chemicals from the celebrated Laboratories of 

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Importers of Arsenic, Alum, Bluestone, Copperas, Sal Epsom, Sal Soda, Bi Carb Soda, 
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Logwood, Eustic Hypernic, Sander's Redwood, Catechii, Gambler, Sumac, Bi. Chrom. 
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Pills. 

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and measure, can not be excelled. We claim for our preparations no secret combination. 
To promote the public welfare and to afford to each one afflicted with disease an oppor- 
tunity to procure good and pure medicines at low prices, we offer these articles, feeling 
confident that they will be appreciated from their intrinsic merit alone. We claim, fur- 
ther, that all preparations to which we append our signature or trade-mark, embrace the 
highest order of chemical combination, and are prepared on scientific principles, from tlie 
finest material that money will purchase. 



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Carriage and Wagon Manufacturer, 

THE BEST OF WORK AND LOWEST PRICES, 
134 & 136 NORTH RAMPART STREET, 

NEW ORLEANS. 

DIEBOLD SAFE AND LOCK CO., 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

FIRE i BURGLAR PROOF SAFES 

FACTORY, CA^IVXOTSr, o. 
BRANCH OFFICE, 27 CANAL STREET, 

A large assortment on liand at prices as low as first-class work can be done. 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

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REASONABLE PBICES. 

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26 ST. CHARLES STREET, NEW ORLEANS. 

JAMES H. REYNOLDS, 

General House and Steamboat Smith, 

PlumlDing, Gas and Steam Pipe Fitting, 

STOVES, RANGES AND PUMPS, 

90 BARONNE STREET, Between Union and Perdido Sts., 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

Agent for the ROBT. E. LEE STOVE, equal to any first-class stove and 
20 PER CENT. CHEAPER. 

D 




Prank H. Wilson, 

General xA^gent for the South 

FARNHAM 

WOVEN WIRE 



BAILEV'S REFLECTORS, 



GOAJL. OIL and GtAS. ^ 




IMPORTER Al^D DEALER IN FRENCH AND GERMAN 

Looking Glasses, Oil Paintings, 

Engravings, Lithographs, colored and plain, Chromos, Mouldings and 
Backing, Window Shades and Cornices, Curtain Bands, Cords 
and Tassels, Portrait and Picture Frames, 

Artists' Materials of Every Description. 
No. 38 BOYAL STBEBT, 

NEW ORLEANS. 

JAPANESE PAPER CARPETING 

FOE FLOORS, STAIRS, RUGS, ETC., 

FINISHED IN BEAUTIFUL OIL COLORS, 



These goods are vmexcelled for 'beauty of finish and design^ 
are represented hy actual test to outicear other floor 
coverings costing double the money, 
Tt has been laid in some of our finest Residences. 

EDWARD THOMPSON, 

112 and 114 POYDHAS STBEET, NEW ORLEANS. 

SOLE AG-E?^T. 



and 



HORACE U. BEACH, Manager, 

LUMBER MERCHANT. 

All kinds rough and dressed Lumber constantly on hand. Plantation 
Cabins and Dressed Lumber a specialty. 

340 DELORD STREET, NEW BASIJi, NEW ORLEANS. 




Price List of the Sunlight Gas Machines 
Jfo. 1, for 5 burners, $40 ; No. 2, for 10 burners. $65 
" 4, "30 $150; " 5, '• 50 •' $240. 

No. 7. for 100 " $450! 



No. 3. for 20 burners, $ 105 ; 
No. 6, " 70 " $320; 



These prices include the apparatus complete, NOT^PUT UP. Larger machines built 
to order. For particulars apply to 

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HOUSE, SHIP AND STEAMBOAT PLUMBING, 

GAS AND STEAM FITTING, 
635'-]VIae:aziiie Street, near Jaclrson street, ' 
Where the Machine can be seen iu working order. 



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P. MACOU & CO, 

"WTiolesale and Eetail Dealers in 

STAPLE I FANCY DRY GOODS 

204 POYDEAS ST., cor. Baronne, MEW ORLEANS, 

TME CHEAPEST STORE IN THE CITT, 

HEADQUARTERS FOR GOOD CHEER ALL THE YEAR ROUND ! 



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Bookseller, Stationer and Printer, 

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FRAMES 

PICTURES 

BOOKS 



JOHN BASTIAN, { FRAMES 

Bookseller and Stationer, ] PICTURES 

190 CANAL ST. ( BOOKS 



Picture Fraines of all vsizes made to order. Subscriptions received for any paper or 
magazine published. All orders by mail for Rooks, Music, Stationery, Picture Frames, 
or anything in my line, will be promptly filled at the very lowest prices. 

ES°SEND IN YOUR ORDERS.^ 

LADIES' HAIR STORE & FANCY GOODS BAZAAR. 

G. T SCHILLING, 

159 CANAL STRJEBT. 159 

MANUFACTURER OF 

HUMAN HAIR GOODS AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 

IMPORTERS OF 

Perfumeries, Jewelries and Fancy Good§ 

or ALL pESCJilPTIOJ^g, 



JAMES D. EDWAEDS, 

(Successor to DANIEL & J. D. EDWARDS,) 

STEAMBOAT, RAILROAD & EN&INEERS' SUPPLIES, 

Manufacturer of tbe most Improyed 

Steam Trains for Making Sugar^ and every description 
of Copper, Brass and Sheet Iron Work. 

Dealer in Iron Pipe and Fittings for Steam, Water or Gas, Brass and Iron Valves. Cocks, 
Oil Globes, Steam and Water Ganges, Boiler Tubes, Bolts and Nuts, Punched Nuts, Leg 
Screws. Washers, Rivets, Cistern, Well and Force Pumps, Brass and Iron Wire, Cloth, 
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Pipe Stocks and Dies, Pipe Cutters, Tongs, Wrenches, Pipe Vises, Jack Screws, Flue 
Brushes, Flue Scrapers, etc. 

Agent for the CAMERON SPECIAL STEAM PUMP, 

For Pumping Juice and Supplying Boilers, 
Send for Price List. JAMES D. EDWARDS, 

22, 24, 26 and '28 Front, and 21, 23, 25, and 27 Delta Sts., New Orleans. 

ILLUSTRATED YISITOR^S GUIDE 

TO 



In October next I shall issue the most elegant GUIDE BOOK ever pub- 
lished in the South, 
I have engaged 

Mr. CHAS. KNOBELOCH, 

An Artist of tatent and ability, to make the drawings from which the 
Photo, plates for the book will be made. 

No effort will be spared to make the book worthy of the patronage of 
the citizens of New Orleans. 

J. CURTIS WALDO, 

46 CAMP STREET, 



J. R. WALKER, D. D. S. 

154 CANAL STREET, Near Baronne Street. 



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BOERICKE & TAFEL'S 

Homoeopathic Pharmacy^ 

130 CANAL STREET, NEW ORLEANS. 

Branch of their New TorJc and Philadelphia Pliarmacies, established in 1835. 

A full Stock of pure and reliable Homoeopathic Medicines, as well as 
Family Medicine Cases, and Books in English, German and French, con- 
stantly on hand at New York Prices. Send for descriptive prices current. 

N. B.— Boericke & Tafel received THE ONLY Centennial Prize Medal 
awarded at the Philadelphia Exposition for Homoeopathic Medicinal Pre- 
parations. 




GEO. E. STRONG 

Begs to announce to the public that he has purchased the fixtures of 
the store and good will of the business of E. A. TYLER, and is now open 
with an entire new stock of DIAMONDS, WATCHES, Jewelry, Solid 
Sterling Silver and Plated Ware. 

This stock has been selecled with great care, and purchased at bottom 
prices, and to it will be added from time to time all the new patterns and 
novelties as fast as they are produeed in the New York market. The favor- 
able conditions under which these new and attractive goods have been 
purchased, enables us to offer the same at prices lower than ever before. 

The Manufacturing Department as heretofore will be in charge of Mr. 
Henry Goodwin, which is sufficient guarantee that all Diamond work and 
the manufacture of any article of Jewelry will be executed in a manner that 
cannot be excelled ia any city. 

The Watch Making and Repairing Department will be in charge of the 
most skillful and reliable workmen. 

A Designer and Engraver has been employed, and all goods purchased 
can be engraved on short notice. 

115 CANAL STREET. 



FURNITURE. FURNITURE. 

Gall and he convinced that I am selling 

Parlor, Bed and Dining Room Suits, 

(10 PIECES) 
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. 

cronisr Bois, 

152 and 154 CAMP STREET, next to St. Patrick's Church. 

R. M. & B. J. MONTGOMERY, 
FTJUITITXJRE, 

CORNER CAMP & POYBRAS STS., 

FINE PARLOR SUITS, FINE BED-ROOM SUITS, FINE DINING-HALL 
AND LIBRARY SUITS, FRENCH PLATE MIRRORS, 
OFFICE FURNITURE. 

Medium and Common Furniture, suitable for the Country Trade. 

!^"GooDS Delivered Free of Charge.,^ 

GO TO THE NEW LAKE END! 

Where you will find the best of Wines, Liquors, Ales, etc., at the 

NEW ESTABLISHMENT 

OF 

Proprietor of St. Charles Bar and Billiard Room and Branch Bars, 
li Carondelet Street, li Bourbon Street and New Lake End. 

and ready to relieve human sulfering, the manufacturer and applier of 

the most 

Celebrated Trusses, 

FOR RUPTURE (HERNIA). 

ever invented. A radical cure in hundreds of cases. A FACT. 

H. SPILLMAl^, 

93 BARONNE STREET, NEW ORLEANS. 



THE TRIUMPH 

Steam Cotton Band Puller and Buckler. 



A NEW AND IMPORTANT INVENTION TO 
FACILITATE COMPRESSING COTTON. 



This great invention consista of two parts, which are found to be abso- 
lutely requisite to the successful banding of cotton by steam. 

The first is the engine or machine by which the steam is applied for 
drawing the bauds taut to the bale ; the second is the buckle by means of 
which the bauds are held without slip, down to the exact point at which 
they are drawn ; thus by both the engine and the buckle, to whatever size 
a bale of cotton is compressed, that compression is saved by the bands be- 
ing drawn so as to hold it. 

This is exactly what this engine and buckle does ; what it was intended 
to do, and what in fact it accomplishes — it is precisely the same object and 
purpose for which a compress is used. But without this invention the com- 
press itself looses one-third of its work, for the bale expands to from one- 
third to one-half its compressed size. So that this engine and buckle are 
eminently requisite to the compress, provided it be easy of adjustment, 
swift in its work, and economical in its use. And these three essential 
points are thoroughly covered by this invention. 

The engine or machine can be easily put up to any style or sizeof com- 
press, and at a price which its use for a very brief time would repay : it is 
simple, plain and without the least complication, so that the ordinary la- 
borers required to do compressing can easily handle it. 

Its power is derived from a cylinder, supplied by steam from the boilers 
of the compress ; its pistons and levers by easy and graceful motions, move 
two beams up and down, by alternate motion ; on the one beam is placed 
the band, and the other the buckle. " Fingers " are made and so cou- 
tructed as to hold the buckle freely and securely and with ample room for 
their proper movement, and with absolute security. The buckle is placed 
in position, the band passed around the bale, through the buckle and into 
the grip attached to the upper beam, steam is applied, the beam holding the 
end of this band moves swiftly up, drawing the bands taut to the bale, the 
beam holding the buckles moves by equal motion down to the center of the 
bale ; the band at its end is loosened, the buckles revolve and the bands 
are held taut on the bale at the point of the lowest compression of the 
bale. 

Thus this invention is not only a " band puller " but a buckler and per- 
forms its work thoroughly, turning out from 60 to 80 bales per hour and 
making a perfect bale. 

THE BUCKLE. — The buckle is simply perfect; it is cheap and strong, 
and can be furnished on the order of a day by the million. The old hands 
are used as tliey come off the lales, and nothing is lost. 

The inventor is the Rev. F. M. Logue, of Vicksburg, Miss., aided and as- 
sisted thoroughly by Judge Harris of the same city ; it is the consummation 
of six years of hard study and expense, and during that time the whole 
subject and every branch of the art in all its details have been thoroughly 
considered, tried and explored on this invention, in the accomplishment of 
the object. It has required great courage, patience and fortitude in its 
achievements. The owners of the invention, are F. M. Logue, J. W. M. 
Harris, John A. Klein and Gen. N. H. Harris. Mr. Lewis Johnson, of New 
Orleans, is the skillful builder of this machine, to whose genius the inven» 
tor and owners are justly indebted. 
New Orleans, May 1, 1878. 



SCHMIDT & ZEIGLEE, 
GENERAL IMPORTERS I GROCERS, 

49, 51, 53, 55 SOUTH PETERS ST. 

SOLE AGENTS IN NEW ORLEANS FOE 

OTAED, DUPUY & OO.'S BRANDIES, 

G.H. MOMMA GO'S Champagne, 

SEIGNOURET'S FINE WINES, 

CORDIALS, GENUINE BENEDICTINE, CALIFORNIA 
WINES, APOLLINARIS and HUNYADL JANOS 
NATURAL MINERAL WATERS. 

SPRING AND SUMMER 

FAIiCy }m STAPLE DRY MODS. 

ALL THE LATE STYLES AND SHADES. 

WHITE, CHECK AND FANCY MATTING, OIL CLOTH, CARPETS, 
WINDOW SHADES, LACE CURTAINS, ETC., 
IN GREAT VARIETY, 

ALL AT THE LOWEST PRICES. 

B. & W. CEONEE, 

Corner CANAL and BOTJEBON STREETS, 

Orders promptly and carefully attended to. 



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